Quote Originally Posted by Todd4State View Post
In the hospital industry with COVID it was VERY eye opening in this regard because of suddenly how much they were paying travel nurses. Well over 100 dollars an hour in some cases. Basically it showed us that they could be paying us a LOT more. Really hurt relations with all employees who had been loyal to the company for years and years. A lot of health care professionals went into travel positions for that reason and no one could blame them.

I'm not a nurse but if I had the opportunity to work my ass of for a year or two and make 300K+ for a couple of year it would absolutely be worth it because I could easily take a year off.
That's not correct. Most hospitals were losing money on travel nurses and/or having MEMA (or whoever in other states) pay for them.

That said, travel nurses were a thing before COVID and outside of places with huge seasonal swings because they are a touristy spot or whatever other reason, it does indicate some inefficiency. Even if the differential is not that much once you account for benefits, you're still having to pay enough to cover the more expensive costs of temporary lodging, so something doesn't make sense.