![]() This job is great for someone starting out in healthcare, they will train you on everything you need to know and do- Just be a willing learner and a team player and. I truly have enjoyed working at Georgia Retina, and I loved working with my coworkers and patients. Overall, I’m very very happy with this company and think I will be staying for quite some time. Cons are short unpaid lunches and difficult patients at times. They will pay for you to get certified, let you observe surgeries, and will pay for you to get your surgical assisting license as well. They fully train you and it is paid at your normal rate. There is room for growth upwards and you are constantly learning. Every two weeks you get days you can work or leave early if you wish. Typically no overtime unless you want it. They compensate for uniforms once a year, you get birthday PTO bonus and a lot of great perks. Benefits are health, vision, dental, disability (company paid for), life insurance (company paid for), 401k (they match but not sure how much yet), and other great benefits. Everyone is respectful and professional while still having fun. My manager and HR representative are great and I feel I can talk to them. Often the office will cater lunch for everyone. I feel I am compensated fairly despite no experience. PTO accrual every 2 weeks, no weekends, 5 days off when you’re first hired before you have PTO in case you have an appointment or something. I’m still pretty new but compared to a lot of companies out there, Georgia Retina is a god send. They do not allow part time employees - more. Some doctors see 50-70 patients a day and it’s never enough for them, considering how much revenue is coming in and how all the staff come together to make all walk ins happen- the pay is insulting. Your lunch is 30 minutes and a lot of time you have to work through lunch to squeeze in even more patients. Sick pay is not offered and all your vacation time in lumped into one group. Nowadays they like to blame “EyeSouth Partners” for the employees lack of motivation and frustrations but in reality it is a scapegoat for them not having to answer to employees grievances. The gossip culture is bad including a lot of doctors talking about their staff and their patients- very unprofessional in my opinion but you learn early to just keep quiet. 50.) Even if you fight your case why you think you want more, they most likely will not agree. Raises compared to inflation are pretty insulting considering the hours, time and energy staff put into making everything work smoothly (think $1 if you’re lucky or for some. The people that have worked there for long tend to be pretty toxic burnt out technicians and front desk who management tolerates because they can’t find anyone else to do their job because no one wants that type of work life balance. ![]() Once hired the company has an open door policy always accepting “emergencies” and you never know what time your day will end. ![]() Georgia Retina thrives on hiring new grads with no experience in order to pay them bare minimum, which most will take because they need the medical experience. ![]() I understand starting pay should not be very high, but before Eyesouth, the raises could have gone up to a dollar/hr, but lately, they've been giving raises of 25-50 cents/hour. Pros: Great co-workers, good work-life balance, HR is very involved and flexible with you in terms of time off.Ĭons: Compensation for the amount of work performed could've been better, especially with the amount of revenue coming into the practice. Most of the people there were very inclusive and welcoming and the doctors I worked with helped me to learn so much about the eye that I carried with me into PA school. Most of the people I got the chance to work with became my family, including some of the docs. The holiday and spring company parties they throw are also fun. Before the transition of management from a private practice to Eyesouth Partners, the compensation and benefits were a little more generous and there weren't as many workplace restrictions in place so it was a little more of a relaxed environment, but it did help to expand their practice. ![]() The day typically ends before 5 pm, but there can be the occasional emergency work-in. A typical day included coming in around 8/8:30am, working up a patient which included checking their vision, taking HPI, and checking their intraocular pressure and administering dilating eyedrops, taking diagnostic images with equipment, triaging them into rooms, and preparing their charts and rooms for the doctor such as prepping for an injection or laser treatment. I worked here for 6 years before going off to PA school. ![]()
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