u/GringoLatinaAlliance

Hey Folks,

Current Optometrist Practice Manager (&Administrator, Revenue Cycle Manager, Do-it-all person) salaried at $50K/Year working 4 days a week out of South Florida. I have 10 years optical experience, starting with lab work, then sales, and clinical and administrative-mixed-managerial.

It’s the equivalent of $30/hour. I fund my own health insurance via Healthcare Marketplace and it costs about $400 a month.

In 2 years, the time it would take me to get my Opticians License, I think I could be making $33 an hour at my current job.

I have an A.A. and as well, if I were to return to school for 2 years, I could also pursue a Bachelor degree instead of Optician License. I have a lot of experience in Eye care, but I’m open to doing other things.

My current employer only performs exams so I don‘t think I would receive a raise at my current job, so I’d be looking elsewhere. I feel I would end up being an Optician-Manager at an diff Optical, but could I get into the $40’s/Hr and $50’s/Hr?

I don‘t know the Optician side of the business - anyone care to inform me or burst my bubble?

Thank you.

4 Days a week. 10am-6pm. Salary. 33M.

I manage a small healthcare practice and it’s a stable and secure job with yearly 5% raises. Soon I’ll have been here 5 years and I’ll get 5 more days vacation - 15 total days. Sick days are basically unlimited but it averages about 5 days a year.

A lot of days I feel bad about my take home pay. I want to afford things in life like children and vacations.

I‘m sensitive to stress which is how I’ve managed to negotiate the schedule I have - but I’m more than confident in my abilities as a person. I go back and forth on this a lot. I really like my schedule but not my pay.
I only report to the practice owner and I exceed expectations in all regards, and it feels like I don’t really have to use my brain too much it’s all pretty much engrained.

I was hoping for opinions on my Salary and outlook. I try to be an optimist but also a realist. Thank you.