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Seems like he was asked to help out other medical providers during his slow times and he showed his ass. Meanwhile he seemed to be able to find time to post at DU while at work. I speculate that his bosses were, at this point, already reviewing resumes for his replacement. As others have said, he didn't get laid off due to financial issues, his departure was purely based on his performance. His employer was probably kind enough not to put in writing that he was fired so it didn't impact his future job opportunities.
But what I find most repulsive about him is his constant pseudo-elitist bullshit. He looks down on blue-collar workers, particularly farmers (which is a sensitive spot for me) and tries to present himself as some sort of cultured "limousine liberal". I grew up in dairy country and I know how hard it is put food on people's tables. To anyone that wants to trash farmers as ignorant hicks, my answer is simple "You deserve to starve to death". I ended up going to a good college and work as a Program Manager in heavy industry, working shoulder-to-shoulder with blue collar workers and I know the skills necessary to be successful there, not to mention the risks being in that environment. As an added bonus, I know that I and many of the people who work for me make more money than he does down here in the "hellhole" known as Alabama. My wife is a Nurse Practitioner, which is similar in education, duties and pay to a Physician Assistant. Neither of us act like pretentious assholes who are better than our co-workers or neighbors. So, in closing, he can choke on a big ole bag of dicks and I hope that he, someday, is living on the street with some of his homeless patients.
Yeah, he was asked to use his idle time to assist other departments with paperwork. Help another department deliver care more efficiently rather than the other department spend the time with paperwork? Horrors!
My Dad was a farmer, a career I didn't follow, but still very respect-worthy. People who denigrate farmers don't deserve the food farmers provide.
IMO, a Nurse Practitioner is like a super-RN, probably more education and experience than
Aristus has.
