Based on the PP presentation, I believe the turnover rate is low because why would people leave the highest paying organization in a place where the cost of living is astronomical. They are exploiting this. But based on the cost of living index and salary (https://www.usa.edu/blog/the-best-states-for-nurses/), it looks like we are dead last. I would like to know how many of the 7.2% left the islands for the mainland. This would show if Queens is part of the problem concerning locals being priced out of paradise. Maybe management should ask staff about their SDOH.
I work both at Queens and in the Bay Area at a hospital mentioned yesterday as call in/per diem each month. Even though the nurses in the Bay make over $200k a family of 4 still can’t afford to buy a house in the area. Similar with Honolulu - Queens nurses need to have a much higher dual income with a partner if they wish to be able to afford to buy, live and raise a family within 20-30 minutes of the hospital. A measly Queens income now does not cut it at all!
Much lower than anticipated. Still asking for 10-20% raise to catch up to inflation and 50% pay for oncall for procedure departments, who are on call above their 40 hours.
If the hospital is willing to increase the cafeteria cost by about 20%, why would purposing more than 7% over 2 years be a big ask by the nurses, the life blood of the hospital. Not acknowledging and adjusting for the inflation felt by nurses and their families sends a message that quality, experienced nursing care is not a priority for the Queens Health System.
While I disagree with Queen’s offer, the thing now is to create a rebuttal on why our turnover rate is higher than they think it is and how our higher cost of living affects us more than they realize. I know we use California as a comparison to our situation, but we should also look at other states as examples. They appear to not be convinced that we need higher wages despite our higher costs of living. Where are they getting their statistics on Hawaii’s turnover rate? How come they did not acknowledge years and years of inflation and only how competitive our wages are in the state? Lots of things to address to counter their offer.
Based on the PP presentation, I believe the turnover rate is low because why would people leave the highest paying organization in a place where the cost of living is astronomical. They are exploiting this. But based on the cost of living index and salary (https://www.usa.edu/blog/the-best-states-for-nurses/), it looks like we are dead last. I would like to know how many of the 7.2% left the islands for the mainland. This would show if Queens is part of the problem concerning locals being priced out of paradise. Maybe management should ask staff about their SDOH.
I work both at Queens and in the Bay Area at a hospital mentioned yesterday as call in/per diem each month. Even though the nurses in the Bay make over $200k a family of 4 still can’t afford to buy a house in the area. Similar with Honolulu - Queens nurses need to have a much higher dual income with a partner if they wish to be able to afford to buy, live and raise a family within 20-30 minutes of the hospital. A measly Queens income now does not cut it at all!
Much lower than anticipated. Still asking for 10-20% raise to catch up to inflation and 50% pay for oncall for procedure departments, who are on call above their 40 hours.
If the hospital is willing to increase the cafeteria cost by about 20%, why would purposing more than 7% over 2 years be a big ask by the nurses, the life blood of the hospital. Not acknowledging and adjusting for the inflation felt by nurses and their families sends a message that quality, experienced nursing care is not a priority for the Queens Health System.
While I disagree with Queen’s offer, the thing now is to create a rebuttal on why our turnover rate is higher than they think it is and how our higher cost of living affects us more than they realize. I know we use California as a comparison to our situation, but we should also look at other states as examples. They appear to not be convinced that we need higher wages despite our higher costs of living. Where are they getting their statistics on Hawaii’s turnover rate? How come they did not acknowledge years and years of inflation and only how competitive our wages are in the state? Lots of things to address to counter their offer.