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I work with doctors, in and around hospitals and clinics. This problem has reached epidemic proportions, especially in the US. Bean counters know that no matter how many perks are removed or how intolerable working conditions get, doctors simply won't walk away from patients. I'm sorry to say that this is being taken advantage of in the worst of ways.

Be careful working at a job you "believe in", it puts you at a fearful disadvantage.

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Another good example: academia. As of a few weeks ago, the janitor only comes once a month, and we have to take out our own trash.

Heh: when MIT first started doing this in the late '80s, they started cleaning most restrooms only every other day.

They called this "Frequent Cleaning"....

Seems like this is becoming commonplace. Another example: newspapers. Photographers are spending thousands to buy their own camera rigs b/c the company won't spring for replace 5-year old equipment, reporters are using their own laptops/cameras (even notepads!) because they have to. All while they're being pushed to be tech savvy. Sad.

Same deal at my university, only it's been like this for the last few years.

You're right. I don't know about doctors, but I work in an IT department. You can tell that pretty much no one here "believes in" the job. It's just a paycheck. I think people don't leave for a variety of reasons, but passion for the work or the good that the work is supposed to provide is definitely not one of them.

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