The nature of physician recruitment is daunting. If you can handle cubical life with 80+ cold calls, texts, emails a day to physicians who honestly do not want to be contacted at all, (thats literally the nature of the job) then you'll do fine here. These providers in our system are receiving calls almost on a daily basis from Weatherby and other recruiters, so there are a lot of unpleasant conversations with some colorful language at times when they finally pick up the phone out of frustration. Many of the managers on larger teams were outside hires and were only required to spend a short time on the desk prior to taking on a role as manager; this leaves their ability to sympathize with "fall off" or other stresses you encounter on the desk lacking. The nature of the locums business on some teams is very transactional and you'll lose providers to full-time positions, or other person matters, so there's no letting off the gas pedal when it comes to looking for new business. The core values preached in Salt Lake are wonderful, however there's a noticeable disconnect by the time it reaches Ft. Lauderdale. Good people leave the company in droves for better offers or opportunities, or simply quit because of terrible management; there are moments you definitely feel expendable and if one doesn't, I invite them to take better note of the dozens of people that walk through the office with Talent Acquisition every week who are ready to fill your seat if you don't perform and meet your KPI's. I find my job can be rewarding financially, but it takes a lot to bring myself to show up every day. I know I'm not the only one on my team who's home/personal life suffered the first year and a half due to the need to work long hours to make any headway with my book of business.
