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Private company or public hospital?

  • 21-02-2018 9:26pm
    #1
    youandme13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭


    Hi.
    I’ve been working for a private consultant practice for three months now as a medical secretary and have been offered an interview for administrative assistant in a public hospital grade IV. I’m on 26k now with chance salary could go up each year or the grade IV is starting at 26.7k with the salary scale. Would it be worth leaving private sector for public? The only benefit I currently have is half day off on my birthday and quarterly bonus of 4% but rest of the company is sales oriented. Advice welcome please as mind is fried! Thanks


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  • #2
    youandme13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭youandme13


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    youandme13 wrote: »
    Hi.
    I’ve been working for a private consultant practice for three months now as a medical secretary and have been offered an interview for administrative assistant in a public hospital grade IV. I’m on 26k now with chance salary could go up each year or the grade IV is starting at 26.7k with the salary scale. Would it be worth leaving private sector for public? The only benefit I currently have is half day off on my birthday and quarterly bonus of 4% but rest of the company is sales oriented. Advice welcome please as mind is fried! Thanks


  • #3
    GalwayGrrrrrl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭GalwayGrrrrrl


    Why don’t you do the interview, then make the decision if you get offered the job. It will give you a chance to ask questions at the interview too. HSE pension used to be good but new employees don’t get such a good deal. Advantage of HSE is job stability, paid holidays and sick leave, options for transfers or promotions. Disadvantage - depending on your role and/or willingness to move hospitals you can get stuck in dead end role.


  • #4
    youandme13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 372 ✭✭youandme13


    Thank you for your reply! It’s the same. Ow you can’t really move up unless sales. And don’t have pension or healthcare options or anything where I currently am.


  • #5
    Nerd Queen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 301 ✭✭Nerd Queen


    youandme13 wrote: »
    Thank you for your reply! It’s the same. Ow you can’t really move up unless sales. And don’t have pension or healthcare options or anything where I currently am.

    No pension or anything - well then for me its a no brainer to go to the HSE job. At least you have a scale where you are guaranteed increments and a decent pension even if its not as good as the older pension schemes for public service.


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