r/Residency • u/Pedsgunner789 PGY2 • 2d ago

VENT Call stipends are a scam

Just submitted my call shifts for reimbursement last month, and I calculated that the average pay I had while on call was $6.80CAD/hr, which has been illegal in my province since October 1, 1995. That’s before I was born.

I don’t claim to be some kind of hero but I do think I deserve to be paid the same for being up all night trying to stop patients from dying, as the coffee shop barista who was up all night preventing me from dying.

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u/ILoveWesternBlot 1d ago

lol u guys get paid?

We get "paid" with food reimbursement or meal credits

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u/Moist-Barber PGY3 1d ago

I got….

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Access to Dasani water bottles and two day old stale turkey sandwhichs for my trouble.

How about everyone else

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u/FloridlyQuixotic PGY2 1d ago

Occasionally the staff will get us dinner out of their own pockets.