You're Too Kind

Dear Dr. TP,

It is our great pleasure to formally offer you this position.  We hadn't dreamed of offering this job to someone so young and with such little experience, relatively speaking, but you are simply right for the job, and otherwise perfect in every way.

The starting salary for this position is normally X, but because of your incredible qualifications, sterling resume, and overall level of complete and utter bad@ssery, we are going to start you off with a salary of 240(X).  And the perquisites, my god, the perquisites!

At present, myself and the rest of the Board of Directors are currently holding a candlelight vigil, chanting and praying that you accept the position.  We have hired shamans of several different religious traditions, a rabbi, a priest, several Buddhist monks, and Miss Cleo.  Should ritual sacrifice become necessary, we also have a cow, a pig, and a goat.

Let us know of your decision whenever it is convenient for you to do so. 

Sincerely,

CEO Guy/Gal

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In all seriousness, this is the exact kind of position TP will be interested in once his studies are completed.  While my strong sense is that I would, upon graduating, lack the necessary experience, if not the qualifications, to be a serious candidate for the position, an analogous position, perhaps at a smaller hospital corporation, is really what TP is after (at least, that's the current thinking, subject to drastic change, obviously).

Comments

[teahouseblossom]

That sounds fabulous. I'll keep my eyes open for just such a position for you. Positions like these are probably becoming more frequent, with the various bioethics issues that are at the forefront today...

[TP]

Thanks, THB. I agree that clinical ethics (which, to nitpick is not exactly the same thing as bioethics, because the latter involves issues outside of the clinical practice setting, like human subjects research) and bioethics are definitely growth fields.

They're very young disciplines, having only been formalized in the mid 70s or so. It does sound fabulous, doesn't it?

[Citations]

Cool job. If someone were to sacrifice a goat to get me to take a job, I'd have to say I'd be awfully tempted.

A hecatomb would clinch the deal.