Update on the old job: so they have not found someone to replace my skillset (which I warned them about). They have turfed my responsibilities over to the general counsel while they continue to search. Unfortunately, the general counsel does not know squat about healthcare risk management/patient safety, so she sends me about two emails a week asking my opinion. Now these are questions that I can generally answer off the top of my head in less than five minutes, as opposed to her doing hours of research and probably coming up with an answer that is not grounded in the realities of healthcare.
So I am wondering at what point do I continue to help out, vs. start charging them my consulting rate of $300/hour against a $ 1500 retainer. This is a non-profit healthcare facility that runs on a shoestring at the best of times, and currently almost 50% of their employees are on furlough. If this was the U of W, or Kaiser or someone like that, I would be charging them without blinking an eye. Maybe I should just chalk this up to relationship-building, in case the general counsel or others on the leadership team are in a position to help me some day, or I am piling up good points in Heaven.
