I worked at an ambulance company for a while. The boss is super manipulative.

So here's what happened.

This company does BLS and Backer act driving.

I worked in BLS for two months. My boss pulled me to his office and said that there was some concerns with my patient care, and that the fire fighters have been complaining about me. He said that if I didn't improve then I'd be moved to Baker act driver.

Everyone hates being the baker act driver, and they're severely understaffed for them. I asked to see the reports and how to improve, and he gave me the runaround. Couldn't show reports or tell me what I was doing wrong. I shook it off and thought nothing of it. Being the niave person I was, I nod my head and said that I'd do better.

So everytime I ran a call, I'd always asked my partner how I did. They always said I did really good. I never changed anything and have done things the way I've always done.

So I did some snooping around and asked a bunch of other employees about certain things. They revealed to me that this company runs off of seniority, and I was the newest guy right now. The firefighters complain about everyone. You breath and they complain. The supervisor mentioned that one EMT almost killed someone, but he got no corrective action or anything. The supe said it was a learning experience for him.

There was also a guy that was hired the same time as me. The boss tried to give him the same shit that he gave me: move him to BA if he didn't improve.

There was other really bad incedents with other employees, but I'm not going to write an essay. No punishment for any of them.

I also learned from other Baker act drivers, that they just got their EMT license, and are going to be promoted to EMT. They have seniority over me. Also, to put the cherry on top, we are overstaffed on EMTs, so there's no open schedules for them. My boss gave one of the Baker act drivers my EMT position, and didn't tell me. He was to start next week.

The next week comes, and my boss pulls me into the office and tells me I've been doing really bad and I have to move to Baker act or I'm fired. I wasn't sure if he was actually going to fire me, but I really needed the pay, so I chickened out and took the position.

Well here's the revenge part. I got really good at the Baker act position and became everyone's favourite BA driver. Boss really loved that. There was now me and one other employee as BA drivers in the entire company. It was Hella busy. It got so bad that EMTs had to pick up some BA patients.

AMR decided to advertise that they'd give extra pay to any EMT that leaves their current company and work for them. Employees are leaving left and right. It gets really bad, and at this time of the year, BLS and Baker acts are super busy, so I walk into my bosses office and give him my letter of resignation. I was surprised that he actually cursed under his breath. He asked if I wanted to go back to the EMT position, and I said no.

I'm in paramedic school now and have left that terrible ambulance company.