Pros
You get to work from home (or anywhere with wifi).
Cons
Very low salary that isn't competitive even in the lowest-salaried states. Weak support from staff/managers whether you need help with a patient or with something personal, like your benefits. It's always "I'll get back to you", then no one ever does. [Side note: Tia is the exception. She's a great manager who always got back to me; she is over-worked and underpaid.] HR will tell you about your benefits, but then when you try to use them, they'll change what they told you. There's no consistency among the providers when it comes to salary or benefits. Everyone is treated differently. The patients' needs range from low-acuity to very high-acuity, some of which are not appropriate for telemedicine. Managers and physicians decline requests to refer anyone to higher acuity care. If you have a question about treating a patient, you're lucky to get an answer from a supervising MD, and if you do get an answer, it's usually a one-word answer. They don't like to be bothered. The work load is weak, so you might have 2-3 patients for a full 8-hour day. Despite this, you'll get patients put on your schedule to see immediately without warning. Managers refuse to take into account that the EHR reloads every 10 minutes, if it's working properly, so you might miss that a patient has been added. It also seems silly to schedule someone immediately when the entire schedule is wide open.
