My wife is a nurse in a specialty clinic. She primarily works with one specific doctor. The two of them have a great working relationship. (More on that later) Her job has recently gotten more stressful due to some serious staffing issues and generally incompetent management. The manager was replaced and the clinic is working on getting new staff but can't get any new hires to stay because they don't pay well and the clinic is a stressful work environment.
A few weeks ago my wife decided she'd had enough and started looking for work elsewhere. She met with her doctor to ask if she could put her down as a reference. The doctor desperately doesnt want to lose my wife and has been working with the manager on getting a pay raise and better hours for my wife to convince her to stay. The manager has been great and overall really helpful and genuinely seems invested in keeping my wife as an employee.
HR handles all matters related to pay at this company and while they were willing to give my wife a raise, it was barely over 10% what she had asked for. They haven't given her any other raise in the 2 years she's been working here other than an annual cost of living adjustment.
The manager and doctor agree that HR's offer is far too low and they are searching for anything else to either convince HR to offer more, or to incentivize my wife to stay.
Today, my wife talked 1 on 1 with the doctor and the doctor mentioned that she would be willing to cut a check to my wife so she can get the full amount she's wanting for her raise.
My wife is pretty sure the manager knew the doctor was planning on making this offer.
My questions are: how would this work exactly? Are there any ethical reasons to not accept this offer? How do taxes come into play or would this have to be done under the table.
Submitted November 05, 2018 at 09:51PM by asparagus-and-chili https://ift.tt/2Oq5wZX
