Your pay is tied to a number most doctors can't name.
The math looks generous until you find the threshold. Learn to read a productivity model, a benchmark, and a paycheck before they read you.
One Number Decides Your Paycheck, and Most Doctors Can't Name It
I built and explained comp models like this one for years, so let me translate the part nobody translates for ...
"I Don't Want to Seem Greedy" Is a Sentence Written by the HR Department
I've heard some version of "I don't want to seem greedy" from more brilliant physicians than I can count, ...
The $500,000 Job That's Poorer Than the $400,000 One
Jeff Bettag is a second-year neurology resident at Vanderbilt, which makes him exactly the person worth ...
Who's Actually Keeping Your Money?
Two physicians can generate the exact same revenue and take home very different pay. When I asked Jeff ...
"Is My Offer Good?" A Benchmark Knows. Your Recruiter Has Feelings
"Is this a good offer?" is exactly the right question, and physicians ask it constantly. The trouble is who ...
They're Not Betting on Your Weakness. They're Betting on Your Exhaustion
I understood this from the inside, because for twenty years I was the person on the other side of that table, ...