Without prior experience in the medical sector, the govt is offering a much higher salary than grad nurse.
A netizen said:
I am really appalled at how much the government is offering to pay for non-healthcare background people, I do understand and accept that there’s higher risks involved in this application and also appreciate those who stepped forward to do this. However I really want to highlight the under carpet issue of salary differences.
Do you know how much is the average nursing graduate pay? Our first year we are only paid 1.9k as a basic salary. (Perhaps times are better now) Up to 5-6 years, our basic salary has not even reach 3.8k.
And yet people with no healthcare background gets a 3.4k/3.8k immediately. Even the SQ Care Ambassadors get higher pay than our new graduates! Are you saying that our diplomas and degrees are worthless in the usual day? You mean healthcare workers do not face risks on usual day work?
You may say is a temporary job and higher risk with less benefits thus need higher compensation.
So I ask,
If I apply for this job, do I get higher pay because I have a Degree in
Nursing with 11 years experience? If no, then what message are you
trying to put across?
I hope after this pandemic, there will be reviews of pay for all healthcare workers. Don’t have to put up a big show of thanking us on social media, but give us tangible appreciation in our daily work. This is reality.