Pros
Busy 911 system with modern equipment and somewhat progressive medical direction. Occasional company outings and employee Bar-B-Ques if you can the time off. A number of great medics and EMT's, although you will likely get stuck with a slug in the beginning due to the good partners remaining partners. Some really great fire departments, which should be conducting the transports instead of Sunstar.
Cons
Corporate owned and profit driven. Pay is below national average. Benefits are mediocre at best. Upper level management are cut throat and will burn you in a nano second, grossly out of touch with employee concerns. Mandated overtime due to the overwhelming turnover. Unpaid mandatory monthly training - the same training all the fire departments are paid to attend. All calls are considered ALS - even splinters and non emergency transports (so the company can bill as ALS since a paramedic rode in the patient compartment. No stations, you will spend 12 hours running calls or a fixture in a random parking lot. If you have an outside life (school, second job, vacation, family needs) forget about it. Your life will be dictated by your schedule and mandatory overtime. CEO and COO are spineless corporate reptiles. Mid level management to the corporate banner and their loyalty is not with the employee. Did I mention the CEO/COO are heartless and spineless?
