I’ve worked in the medical device industry my whole career and something is definitely up. Traditionally, the environment is hard core, work until you bleed, into the weekends, during Christmas dinner- do whatever it takes to make the numbers. For the last 6 months to a year, maybe longer, my company, along with almost every other one I know of is dealing with backorders... and no real plan to address them, as if it doesn’t matter. Aside from the constant corporate wokeness factor, I received CEO messaging that basically says to take Fridays off now. I have a friend at a competitive company who was recently given similar instructions to work less. Its as if we are winding down and preparing to close the doors. What’s going on?
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The hospital I work at has back order issues EVERY DAY here, most of the items I’m requesting and needing are for surgical cases too, so you’d think they would get them in. But nothing has been done, anytime I ask, “xxx items is just on back order, nothing we can do”.
Winding down? Eh wouldn’t say so, more or less have been at a constant workload of 30 surgieres per day since we re-opened electives cases after the corona shutdown.