Not surprised at 68kby Anony (no login)Does anyone else think it's kind of funny, but in an embarassingly pathetic sense, that Dr. Weisman seems proud to offer his associates such an opportunity. True, there are no jobs anyway, so any offer of employment should be cause to break a bottle of Cold Duck (being the only champagne a DPM can afford), but to openly admit paying a stipend of 68k makes me a bit nauseated. I think Dr. Weisman is also getting kind of confused abou the term "employees". These are not employees if he 1099's them. They are independent contractors (well, in this case, indentured slaves) who are liable for much more than any employee would be. Just for starters, they are responsible for paying their own Medicare and Social Security x 2 (employers usually pay the 2nd half). They are also responsible for ALL incidentals related to their job. All told, this puts them in a tax bracket that is roughly 14-15% higher than an "employee". OK. Just what is "incentive vacation"????? Never heard of it. Sounds like telemarketing or used car sales. Here's a short list of careers where people can net at least 35k/year. Nurse Physician Assistant (actually more than 35k) Community College Teacher Good car mechanic General Manager of Chuck E. Cheese (I applied once) General Manager of almost any restaurant (I used to be an assistant manager of a relatively high-end restaurant). Computer Programmer Good Physical Therapist Good Occupational Therapist Average Pharmaceutical Sales Rep (used to be one) There are so many others. And none of these require the excessive training that the majority of DPM's undergo to non-surgeons. None of these require much more than two years beyond a bachelor's. None of these require the frightening sum of money that a pod student shells out. from IP address 63.206.142.57 Goto Forum Home |
| Response Title | Author and Date |
| RUN from Podiatry | Pod Runner on Aug 20, 7:50 PM |
| non=compete clauses never hold up | Anonymous on Aug 21, 9:48 AM |
| he said | cma on Aug 22, 1:39 PM |
| examples of incomes | R Wilner, DPM on Aug 20, 8:03 PM |
| medical incomes | cma on Aug 22, 1:10 PM |
| odd | Anonymous on Aug 22, 8:00 PM |
| it is odd | cma on Aug 26, 7:49 PM |
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