YEAR 2 · FIRST ATTENDING JOB
The Recruiter Is Getting Desperate
Three offers. One has a full agreement attached, and the recruiter would like an answer tonight.
Your offer expires tonight
I really pushed to get this approved. Between us, I don't think they'll budge on the compensation. Base is $285,000 and there's a $40,000 signing bonus. The full agreement is attached. I need an answer by tonight — the other candidate is ready to sign.
St. Catherine's Medical Center
Hospital-employed internal medicine. $285,000 base, $40,000 signing bonus, employer-paid tail on a without-cause exit. Full agreement attached.
Mercy West Physicians
Private group, eight physicians. $268,000 base, $10,000 signing bonus, repayment prorated over twelve months. The group carries a claims-made policy; departing physicians buy their own tail. No restrictive covenant.
Lakeshore Community Clinic
Federally qualified health center. $255,000 base, no signing bonus, four-day clinical week. Tail paid by the clinic. Twenty-four-month covenant within thirty miles.
Physician Employment Agreement
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What do you do?
Computes the consequences of a choice in a scenario. Doesn't recommend a choice or predict a real outcome. A fictional physician in a fictional hospital. The arithmetic uses the cited rules; the people and the events are written.