Employer Type: Hospital (United States)

I am not happy living just average and I am sure we were not put on this earth to just to the basic. We are suppose to push our minds, our bodies and spirts to reach the highest level we can reach.

I am 45 years old and still in pursuit of finishing my education. I will not give up. I have invisioned myself graduating from college and working in the field I desire. My advice to all is keep the dream alive and make it happen. Even if you take one class at a time. You can never have the salary you want if you do not finish your education. Keep shooting for higher and dont settle.

After I had my daughter, I decided to go back to work on a part time basis. Although working 2 twelve hour shifts would meet my health care benefits, I was afraid that my salary would not be adequate enough to maintain my family. However it was a matter of either paying high babysitting cost or working part time to balance my hours with my husband. In my job, there is alway the possibility of working an extra shift if one chooses to. At the end of the year, I ended up making more than a full time salary without feeling committed to a three day flex schedule. Also I did not have to work an extra fourth shift per month which is required for most flex jobs. Whenever I could afford to work I always worked an extra shift, making my salary closer to a full time position. At times I could even work one day a week by either taking a Holiday or a vacation day. Like this I never had to use sick time which made my employer quite happy. For anyone in school or any new mom/dad this is to consider if you have a need to closely manage your time and at the same time enjoy all the benefits of your job.

Someone once asked me, as I was complaining about my 70-hour work weeks, whether I thought on my deathbed I would say "I wish I had worked more hours at my job."

I have been in this field for twenty years, is a field that I choose to be in but I find out that all through we are told that we the housekeepers are the most important people in the hospital or other our pay scale are the lowest. Why?