Walking through an almost empty car park, in the howling wind and thrashing rain really really got my goat yesterday.

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It’s the stupidity and injustice of it.
I parked 3 streets away because there is a waiting list of 1200 staff members for a monthly fee parking permit at the hospital where I work.

1200 people, nurses, admin staff etc waiting for 5 years and upwards apparently.
Just to add, the surrounding roads are all residents parking only.

If the parking people know that you are staff, paying for a daily ticket, you get fined. They have your reg on the system so know everything time you tip up.
So it is set to cost me £1,440 per year plus fines to go to work as a nurse. And if I need/want to do extra shifts, you know because there is a MASSIVE shortage of nurses with daily extra shift requests from management to make the place safe, I have to pay more.
Unless I get a permit which is £22 per month.
It boils my piss.
All I want to do is go to my job, work as hard as I can, be able to park in the half empty car park and not have to bloody worry every shift I work about this.
I was drenched, absolutely shattered after 13 hours, off late again as it was so so busy, and angry by the time I got to my car.
Madness.

Park and ride is actually great and I used it before I decided to cycle but it only runs 7am-7pm, apparently there are not enough staff out of these hours to run it...(why can’t they let staff that work out of hours park on site then)

Most people don't get free parking at work, and many work shifts plus have to rely on public transport. Working for the NHS is important job, but so are many others just as important.

Lots of people have to pay to get to work.
I can understand why it seems unreasonable having to walk past a mostly empty car park you're not allowed to park in, to get to a space further away.
The pay rise is a bloody insult though. I don't think most NHS staff are paid nearly enough. Especially those on the ground floor.

My husband is emergency services (not NHS) and it costs him a darn sight more to park for work than £1400 a year.

I work insanely during covid times too, 12+ hours a day unpaid overtime to protect people from DV & abuse, and guess what, I didnt get paid extra either. And a pay rise Hahahahahaha, if only!