Ascension Health Employer Reviews

The positions at the Ascension Health are designed to be a piece of a job. The job can really be completed by one employee but it will be split into several jobs to give the appearance Ascension Health is a growing company. If you try and think outside the box you will immediately be shut down by the corporate office in St. Louis.

Don't waste your time. Managers are not experienced therefore they led by intimidating those who work for them. HR operates on a puppet string so nothing is done when you are being harrassed. There are no minorities in leadership. Those who are currently in management half of them are uneducated and hold no degrees. Some employees are lazy and dodge – more... work. Some employees have no work ethics or integrity. They put their work off while they watch TV on their Kindles, they are on the phone making personal calls, Facebook, and any other pass time activity that one enjoys when you are lazy. Management allows poor workers to be lazy and rides those who actually are good workers. Good workers are expected to pic up the slack for lazy people. Unless you are hungry and homeless keep looking. – less

Management is often stressed as well as administrative assistants which pores onto other staff, creating a high stress environment. The pace is quick but sometimes chaotic as training for new employees is lacking. You come on board knowing everything you need to know or learn very slowly.

The people working there for the most part are extremely friendly – more... and are their greatest asset. Which for new employees is invaluable as they will answer most simple questions.

Their benefits for non-Ascension Health hospital cities is not beneficial as this places those cities like St. Louis as out-of-network for all care. This makes care even with the higher plans an expensive out of pocket proposition.

The entire organization itself is changing constantly as they work with setting some of company as for-profit. – less

stuck in old ways of giving health care
waste moneyon trips to France
management poor
not current on best ways to give care
patients and working employees are not the big concern
good old boys club
no place to park and have to pay for parking

Wonderful management, excellent growth opportunities. Company had wonderful goals and had clear job requirements.

Ascension Health has strong values and expresses the need for Work / Life Balance from the top-down. But the organization is so large that many people are left with limited resources and need to work very long days to the point of burnout.

I moved up from Secretary to the IT Director in 03/99 to Project Manager during my tenure with Ascension. For the most part our team worked as a family and achieved day to day duties as they came up. The hardest part of my job was knowing that while I was providing information for the consolidation of my applications (for the good of the company), I – more... was also working myself out of a position. I enjoyed the opportunity to learn the 360 regarding IT activities which included Networking, Servers, Desktop Support, Implementations, Training and working with other departments to achieve the information requested as needed. – less

Rigid work environment. Very little contact and direction from managers as they spend most of their time attending meetings.
Most of the direction comes from team leads who aren't always equipped to deal with daily work issues.

The pay and benefits are good but their expectations of your employment are unrealistic. They constantly change scheduling – more... and burden the employees with needless process while losing focus on the customer service aspect.

The most enjoyable part are the people you come into contact with. Co-workers and managers are good people. Very friendly and personable. – less

Great place to work. I have had lots of room for growth. Great values.

Great place to work. I have had lots of room for growth. Great values.

The company is good if you are a clock-in / clock-out person. Depending on your dept. it is not a place to move up. Poor leadership / Mgmt. Poor everything...

This is the worst place ever to work. There is really no room to grow, the management is horrible-- petty, immoral, back stabbing, double crossing-- and that usually sets the tone for the department. The hardest part of the job was going and working the whole day. The most enjoyable part of the job was lunch, and going home at the end of the day. HR – more... is a joke-- if you have any issues, your best bet is to just find another job. Do not go in with the expectation of learning, all you will learn is that there is nothing but a lot of trivial duties that don't teach you anything more than you already know, and the longer you stay the dumber you will get. The most you can get out of a position at Ascension is a title, that will help you to move on to something better. Do not look at this place to be a long term job of secuirty-- if you need a paycheck right now, I would definitely take the job. If you are currently working, do not leave your job unless you're in the position where you are about to be laid off. The morals and values stated are not any that are promoted through the actions of management. The company seems more driven to be of more community service than the concern of their own employees. Also, having a degree is almost a hinderance... when you are working under a CEO that does not have one, there is little respect for the ones that people do have (advancement and salary wise). If you have an associate's or GED this would be a great place for you to work.. Bachelor's and higher, please for your own sake keep searching and go to a real company! – less

Poor leadership at the top. Ignore issues thinking they go away
Resistant to change

A typical day at work is mostly maintenance and customer requests. I have learned how build in several modules of the Cerner application. Management has its strong points and weak points. I feel that management need to utilize their on call schedule more effectively. My co-workers are great. Each person has expertise in each module of the Cerner application – more... and in the medical field. The hardest part of the job is the continuous schedule flipping to cover PTO for midnight shift. The most enjoyable part of my job is working with the different customers and being able to help them resolve their issues. – less

Some times I worked through out the night.
I learned a lot from the complex application design.
Management is very friendly.
Co-workers are good.
Hardest part is typical dead lines.

A typical day at work includes running reports to ensure that projects are on track and directors have the latest information about their projects in their region. It also included ensuring employees access to project management application.

I've learned how to create detail reports using Crystal Report and communicating my findings to associates and – more... directors.

Management was nice and willing to help everyone but was always in competition with other managers.

The hardest part of the job was on-boarding associates to new procedures and practices.

The most enjoyable par the the job is working with people across the United States. – less

The people are what make Ascension Health most special. There's some really talented, good people there. Work-life balance can be a struggle. There isn't a busy period because it is always busy and challenging.

More work would be better, but a great atmosphere, great people

Poor orientation, no orientation documentation/lists to follow. I was thrown in the job without adequate resources. Caused illness and resigned.

Interesting place to work, friendly, professional people