- Management is a joke. They have no idea how to manage or motivate staff. They consistently highlight what we're not doing right (even though we get great reviews from patients) - never once considering all the variables that go into our day and ability to care for patients. Very out of touch and corporate-like - not what I expected at all.
- Started the job with a 5:1 ratio that eventually turned to 6:1 after only a few months. The expectations around "personal connections" and "patient experience" are completely irrational when you have the patient load and demographics we have.
- 401k employer match doesn't actually get applied to your account until you've served a year and they throw in that lump sum annually. So, basically, you miss out on compounding interest all year long. Such a rip off of for what is a common benefit in most companies.
- Found out that I am getting paid $10+ more/hr than my colleagues with the same title. I'm sure it has something to do with college degree status and years of experience, but it's still really hard to swallow when I know that my colleagues have been working that job longer than me and have way more skills and experience. It's bad enough I don't think I get paid enough. It makes it even harder to see my colleagues drowning in the same cesspool for less.
- You work for a hospital system and have crappy insurance - make that make sense. You're also pretty much forced to use HCA providers and facilities for all things (EVEN WITH A PPO) in order to get "in-network benefits". Even though all other providers and facilities are considered "in-network" under your plan, HCA will send you a letter regretting to inform you that your services will not be covered at network costs because there are HCA providers that can provide that care. Um, excuse me, I work in this place....I know too much. I don't want to use your facility or providers and that should be my right without penalty. I pay enough for my insurance. I should have a choice!
- Colleagues have gotten certifications and no bonus; been used as charge nurse for years but not given the CNC title.
-If census is low, we get "pushed back", which is a new term for on-call without pay (anything to save some pennies - yet they trash an exurbanite amount of unopened supplies like its no big deal). I have had my shifts canceled without warning more times than I can count. I have had to use basically all of my PTO since I started the job. I am actually writing this after being canceled again today and will not be able to cover those hours because I have no more PTO to use. Most people with jobs would actually like to earn their pay! Being canceled is going to have me looking for a new job today, that's for sure!
This place will use you and spit you out! BUT I'm of the belief that this happens in literally every hospital in our country. Regretting my choice to be a nurse is about all this company has accomplished in the year that I've been there.
