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Are these really the people that should be required to work so much? Isn't their job about handling life and death daily? Wouldn't we want exactly these people to come fully rested to work every single day and be fully staffed?

I don't know if there are jobs with similar stakes that are so carelessly staffed and disgustingly paid.

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[โ€“] Juan_de_Silentio@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The same reason CPAs have been working 16 hours a day 7 days a week at the Big 4 accounting firms. There is a shortage of people qualified to do the work that keeps this country running and people alive. CPAs hold up the economy, doctors hold up the health of the nation. Both do it way more to help than to be paid well.

[โ€“] masterspace@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

No, that's because a lack of labour laws in the US allows them to do that.

If they weren't allowed to force their CPAs to do that, they would have to hire more CPAs, which would increase the overall salary for CPAs and attract more people into the field.