Pros
Athletic trainers get to do a lot, depending on what provider they work with. Responsibilities include rooming patients, performing exams, assisting with injections, and LOTS of documentation (you're basically a scribe in addition to performing other duties.)
Cons
- long hours - chronically short-staffed - work location not guaranteed - they "try" to keep you within a "region" but if someone calls in sick you might get sent to a clinic outside of your region on short notice, sometimes even as you're already driving to work - pays less than most other clinics including MHealth/UMP, Twin Cities Orthopedics, and Tria - decent PTO accrual rate, but no paid holidays so you have to use PTO for holidays when clinics are closed. Good luck trying to get PTO approved because of staffing issues they don't approve much PTO - Promotions more based on who you know, not skills, abilities, or leadership qualities