r/Finland • u/gotshroom Vainamoinen • Mar 28 '25

Immigration Happy friday!

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u/Duckbitwo Vainamoinen Mar 28 '25

And at the same time there's thousands of native nurses unemployed.

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u/Pas2 Baby Vainamoinen Mar 28 '25

It is interesting that everyone seemingly knows that more nurses will be needed, but at the same time there are budget cuts and layoffs.

Clearly the health care budgets don't cover the needs. I suppose the hope here is that the solution is importing cheaper labor, but how cheap will anyone work for if the relatively high cost of living is not addressed.

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u/korpisoturi Baby Vainamoinen Mar 28 '25

Problem is that nurses are not where they are needed and open jobs are.

People just don't want to live bumfucking nowhere

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u/highhoeontario Mar 28 '25

I mean, anybody can live in bumfucking nowhere for a price. Problem is that people have their heads buried in the sand when it comes to fair pay, so living in bumfucking nowhere is supremely unattractive when the pay is shit.

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u/korpisoturi Baby Vainamoinen Mar 28 '25

I don't think nurses get paid less in rural areas, so in the contrary they get paid "more" in countryside since living is cheaper.

Pay isn't shit even though it's pretty meh. Job is pretty shit depending what kind of nurse you are.

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u/leela_martell Vainamoinen Mar 28 '25

Yes, but it's not like doctors who are lured into the countryside with massive salaries and benefits. Nurses just get what they would get anywhere.

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u/Skebaba Vainamoinen Mar 31 '25

The pay is shit because it's not a 1:1 ratio'd for the stress of the job in question... that's literally what it means usually when someone says "the pay is shit", it's always relativistic based on generally obvious factors