[Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs

Jay Lundgren jaylundgren <@t> gmail.com
Tue Sep 10 15:15:38 CDT 2013 

     Travel RNs make two times the money of traveling HTs.  There is more
margin for expenses.  The business model is this:  The agency charges the
facility looking for help one hourly rate, call it X.  The agency pays the
traveler's wage and expenses (lodging, travel), call this Y.  X-Y=Z, Z is
the agency's profit.  Every cent that the agency reduces Y, increases
profit.
    Now, you can always take the lodging allowance in cash and find your
own housing.  Maybe this is what your nurse friend did.  In fact the agency
would love you to do this, as it's less work for them, and it saves them
money.  How, you ask?  Because the housing allowance they offer you will
only be 75% of what it costs to live in a given locale, unless you want to
live in a slum.  Another opportunity to subsidize your own expenses from
your paltry, substandard wages!  Go ahead, argue with the agency housing
office, send screencaps from real estate websites, it won't matter.
 Remember EVERY PENNY THEY DON'T SPEND ON YOU GOES INTO THEIR OWN POCKETS.
     Also remember, these days, there is always, always, always, a
desperate, unemployed, registered, JCAHO compliant histotech who would be
happy to live in a dumpster for 3 months, if only to have a job.
     Sorry to burst anyone's bubble.  But I have been traveling for a long
time now, 16 years, 14 states, dozens of labs, just about every agency.
 Perhaps a wise person could learn from my experience.

                                                Sincerely,

                                                             Jay A.
Lundgren, M.S., HTL (ASCP)










On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:45 AM, jeff lowen <lowenjeff <@t> hotmail.com> wrote:

> If they just let us HT's make up the rules, things would be a lot better,
> for us anyway?
>
> > From: jqb7 <@t> cdc.gov
> > To: lowenjeff <@t> hotmail.com; timothy.morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org;
> jaylundgren <@t> gmail.com
>
> > CC: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; cjacobs <@t> clinpath.com
> > Subject: RE: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs
> > Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:38:13 +0000
>
> >
> > Or cabana boys and mojitos!
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:
> histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of jeff lowen
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:11 AM
> > To: Morken, Timothy; Jay Lundgren
> > Cc: histonet; Christopher Jacobs
> > Subject: RE: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs
> >
> > Me too? umbrella girls and champagne for all
> >
> > > From: Timothy.Morken <@t> ucsfmedctr.org
> > > To: jaylundgren <@t> gmail.com; lowenjeff <@t> hotmail.com
> > > CC: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; cjacobs <@t> clinpath.com
> > > Subject: RE: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs
> > > Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 15:08:03 +0000
> > >
> > > " It ain't all speedboats and supermodels, if that's what you had in
> mind."
> > >
> > > Bummer, That's exactly what I had in mind....!!
> > >
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
> > > [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Jay
> > > Lundgren
> > > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 5:07 PM
> > > To: jeff lowen
> > > Cc: histonet; Christopher Jacobs
> > > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs
> > >
> > > I honestly wouldn't recommend it unless you are financially able
> > > to undergo 6 month plus periods of unemployment. In 2008 I didn't
> > > work all year, only maybe the last 3 weeks. The wages have never come
> > > back to the
> > > pre- 2008 levels. The largest staffing agency in the country declared
> bankruptcy because of the downturn.
> > > In today's economy, there is always going to be an unemployed person
> who is willing to work for a couple of dollars less, and this affects the
> agencies as well. Most of the HR depts I've dealt with lately, ONLY care
> about cost. As long as the applicant is JCAHO compliant and registered,
> they'll take the one who is 50 cents cheaper.
> > > So, right now, the agencies are able to get people for
> > > ridiculously low wages. I won't be as crass as to post any, but they
> > > are basically asking you to subsidize your own working vacation.
> > > Usually in a semi-rural, isolated, or climatically blasted location
> > > (there's a reason they can't get a full time tech), living in the
> > > cheapest motel in town for
> > > 3 months. When you ask the agency why they put you in that particular
> motel, they reply, "Because it's the cheapest place in town. (DUH)" Some
> agencies are better than others, but they are all SUPER cheap. The better
> ones are just honest about it.
> > > I see full time jobs advertised regionally (Texas) that are offering
> registered techs jobs, right out of school, $4-5 more than what the
> agencies will offer you just starting out as a traveler, regardless of
> previous experience. Also, travel = NO BENEFITS. Some of the agencies
> pretend to have benefits, but as I said before, it's near impossible to
> work with enough continuity to remain covered.
> > > Also, big warning: A lot of the "agencies" aren't really agencies at
> all, but someone with an 800 number and a website and some hold music.
> > > It ain't all speedboats and supermodels, if that's what you had in
> mind.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Jay A. Lundgren, M.S., HTL
> > > (ASCP)
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 6:03 PM, jeff lowen <lowenjeff <@t> hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thanks, this is very timely as I'm looking into temp/travel HT.
> > > > Any suggestions where to look, which agencies?
> > > > Thanks, Jeff Lowen HT/MLT(ASCP)
> > > >
> > > > > Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 17:52:34 -0500
> > > > > From: jaylundgren <@t> gmail.com
> > > > > To: lpwenk <@t> sbcglobal.net
> > > > > Subject: Re: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs
> > > > > CC: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; CJacobs <@t> clinpath.com
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I've been traveling for the past 16 years! Not everyone who
> > > > > wanders is lost.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sincerely,
> > > > >
> > > > > Jay A. Lundgren,
> > > > > M.S., HTL (ASCP)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Lee & Peggy Wenk
> > > > ><lpwenk <@t> sbcglobal.net
> > > > >wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > On Sunday, Sept. 22, from 8 am - 9:30 am at the NSH Symposium in
> > > > > > Providence, RI, Beth Cox, HTL/SCT(ASCP)QIHC is presenting a
> > > > > > workshop on "Work and Play Across the USA - A Guide to Being a
> Traveling Tech".
> > > > > > http://www.histoconvention.**org/
> > > > > > <http://www.histoconvention.org/>
> > > >
> > > > > > Click on Schedule
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Jacobs
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 1:30 PM
> > > > > > To: 'histonet <@t> lists.**utsouthwestern.edu<
> > > > histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
> > > >
> > > > > > '
> > > > > > Subject: [Histonet] Travel Histology Technician Jobs
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Histonetters,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Does anyone out there have any information on traveling
> > > > > > histology technician jobs? What is the compensation? How does
> insurance work?
> > > > What
> > > > > > qualifications are needed? I am particularly interested in any
> > > > > > personal experiences any one has had.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "CJ" Christopher P. Jacobs, HT QIHC(ASCP) Clin-Path Diagnostics,
> > > > > > LLC
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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