It was a legitimately nonprofit hospital and he probably was overpaid, but at least he was a practicing physician at one point and did seem to give a damn about his staff.

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Hospitals still need an executive for decision making. Could be a president or ceo. It’s “for profit” that’s going to reverse the incentives and run the whole thing.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Good point. He earns exponentially more than anyone else in the hospital yet he can do whatever he wants. If he feels like being a candy-striper today for a few minutes, great. Then he can do whatever he wants after that. He's not stuck doing one repetitive job day in and day out. He can do whatever he wants and earn exponential amount of money. How did he even get in that position?

[–] A_Toasty_Strudel@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Family connections most commonly.

[–] Encode1307@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is lemmy made up of 15 year olds? You think a hospital can run itself with no one in charge? The comments on this thread are amazing.

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ceo implies it's a for profit institution. Director, director general, overseer, those are titles appropriately here. CEO is a title of a corporation.

[–] Encode1307@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Nope, nonprofits have CEOs too. Especially nonprofit hospitals.

[–] ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Why do you think a company without a CEO would be without anyone in charge? Can you only imagine something running if a single person has executive control of an org?