{"id":204212,"date":"2019-06-12T09:23:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T14:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=204212"},"modified":"2019-06-09T23:25:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T04:25:06","slug":"former-planned-parenthood-managers-couldnt-find-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/former-planned-parenthood-managers-couldnt-find-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Planned Parenthood managers: We couldn’t find or keep good employees"},"content":{"rendered":"
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And Then There Were None<\/a>,\u00a0a pro-life organization that helps abortion workers leave the industry, sponsored a webcast<\/a> in which former workers revealed secrets of the abortion industry. One topic covered in the webinar was the fact that Planned Parenthood has a hard time hiring and keeping staff.<\/p>\n

Responding to the question, \u201cHow difficult is it for Planned Parenthood to find employees?\u201d Former Planned Parenthood manager Sue Thayer answered:<\/p>\n

It’s pretty difficult, I think especially in their more rural areas. People aren’t really lined up to work there for obvious reasons. But I used to run ads, just almost all the time, to try to keep my staffing full. And, of course\u2026 it’s pretty difficult to get people to work there and once you have worked there, it’s difficult to find work in a new profession.\u2026 As you’ve said, Abby, nobody grows up wanting to work in the abortion industry.<\/em><\/p>\n

The stigma of abortion clearly prevents many people from working in abortion facilities, but at least according to this former Planned Parenthood employee, the stigma of abortion follows abortion workers when they leave the industry, making other employers unwilling to hire them. This could be the case in a general sense, as we have already seen evidence that much of the medical community looks down on abortionists and abortion workers.\u00a0A survey<\/a> from\u00a0Life Dynamics<\/a>\u00a0found that 69% of practicing abortionists feel they are not respected in the medical field and 65% feel ostracized.<\/p>\n

Another problem Planned Parenthood has is keeping their employees. Abby Johnson shared:<\/p>\n

[T]he turnover rate, the national turnover rate for Planned Parenthood employees is significantly higher than the general national turnover rate. So, the turnover rate within a business, it fluctuates but it’s usually between 15 and 20%. Inside of Planned Parenthood, our turnover rate fluctuated anywhere between 29 and 35%. And that makes sense. People come and go very quickly.<\/em><\/p>\n

This problem is not limited to Planned Parenthood. In the survey above, 50% of abortion doctors said they had trouble retaining staff.<\/p>\n

Abortion workers have to see the bodies<\/a> of aborted babies every day. Tragically, many become hardened to this. \u00a0But sometimes the toxic environment in abortion facilities compels workers to leave.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Former Planned Parenthood staff: Hush money, hiding abortion injuries common<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n