Inconsistent working hours. You may get 0 cases one day, you may end up with 6 cases and a 20-hour shift another day. May get dispatched on cases that logistically don't make sense, the burden is on you to complete your cases. Example: you may get dispatched to complete a case in Ocean Shores, Portland, and Bellingham in the same shift. Only 1 person is staffed per region at a time, you're running a one-woman/man show. Can travel as far as 6 hours one way to a case- alone, night or day, rain, sleet, or shine. All work is done solo in morgues, funeral homes, and medical examiner's offices across the region, 24/7. No health insurance despite working gruesome cases with decedents.
