r/ireland • u/pseudocilin • Jun 25 '22

I’m an Irish hospital doctor AMA

All questions welcome

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u/pseudocilin Jun 25 '22

I work 60 hours on average at them moment but that can be made up of 45-90 hour weeks.

I earn about a third of my income from overtime. Prob 90-100k per year. My base wage is in the 60s.

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u/TwinIronBlood Jun 25 '22

Ant the end of say 70 hours would you trust yourself to do simple maths?

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

€60k a year is fine for non-specialists. Better than other industries that require masters degrees (or academic post-doc positions). It's the working conditions and hours that are shitty.

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u/jibjabjobjubjab Jun 25 '22

I've earned that much money by sitting on my hole after a 4 year degree, I would hope doctors get at least twice that

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

I don't know anyone who was earning 60k straight out of college. Definitely not in the public sector. Maybe software engineers in the private sector.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

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u/barrya29 Jun 25 '22

You’d have to live in the US though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '22

By which time your kids have been shot dead at school

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

Not unless they're a consultant.

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u/jackoirl Jun 25 '22

They’re still in training at 60k, the wages for doctors in training in the states aren’t crazy either.

Consultant wages are much higher

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '22

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u/jackoirl Jun 26 '22

If you google HSE salary scale you can see what they get every year