bojack wrote:
Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists are being laid off/furloughed/ hours cut drastically.
PT's in particular have high debt to income ratios especially. There's going to be a huge student loan debt crisis in these two fields.
Any other industries that stick out to you?
I am an outpatient physical therapist at a very successful, small private practice. We're getting crushed right now, as are all of the private practices that I know of. It's an absolute disaster. We're trying to pivot to telehealth but it is very slow. Big cuts have already happened. Scared to see how long it takes to bounce back if this goes on for months.
I have only been out of school for a couple of years. I have ~50k in debt. Most of my friends have at least 150k in debt. We are so, very, incredibly fucked. Never thought that this career could ever land so many of us in this position employment-wise.
Hospital based PTs are getting laid off too, but those who are being held onto are working in horrible conditions with no PPE. From what I have been told, it's chaos. I feel so bad for them, and the rest of the front line staff.
I love this career. I minimized my debt and put myself in a good position financially. I am so scared right now though. I don't even know what the hell I could switch to for a different career if I had to. Open to ideas and suggestions.