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IT Help Desk Technician (Former Employee), Aurora, CO – May 20, 2013
Pros: good co-workers
Cons: promotions where rair and work was not recognized.
Took technical issue calls from employees throughout the company where we supported over 60 different software products and hardware. Calls could be from password to network related issues. Average call volume was from 30 to 70 calls a day.

I learned a lot about how the right way things should be done when taking a new organization that the process – more... should include changing the programs to match that of the rest of the larger organization. This is unless the organization that is being taken over has better programs that work better throughout the larger organization.

Management I feel made a lot of mistakes over a long period of time. They took on to many different things that really piled up to the point that they could no longer afford to keep supporting them.

My co-workers did the best they could to keep up with the daily changes right up until we where all laid off. They worked well with even the India company Wipro all the way to the end.

The hardest part of the job was having to give it up to someone I know could not handle it. I never had any issues that unless it was a part that needed to be replaced. I feel that the job its self wasn't that hard to do even with complexity.

The best of the part of the job was working with all the different people and making their lives a little easier by helping them with their problems. – less
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make sure you have union backing
I had many (Former Employee), worked at many – May 18, 2013
Pros: most of the staff are great
Cons: management
A manager lied and caused me to lose a 20 yr career. HR backed her and when I asked if I could fight it they told me " not likely you would get very far" I know of several people that I worked with this or something very similar had happen to them also. I would not work for them unless you have a union backing you. Otherwise they don't care if management – more... has to lie to make you lose your years there. – less
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Large organization with strong vision of it's future in healthcare industry
Division Director of Performance Excellence (Current Employee), Louisville, KY – May 12, 2013
Pros: lots of opportunity for a growing company
Respectful of work/family life balance
Strong faith-based organization
Management promotes education of team
Working to ensure employees advancement desires are known.
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Great Organization
Pharmacy SME /Project Manager (Current Employee), Denver, CO – May 1, 2013
Management internally is exceptional - evolution process as you get out to the newly acquired facilities...
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Strong organizational values
Lead EA to the SVP / Group Exec. Officer (Former Employee), Baltimore, MD – April 23, 2013
Work life balance was sometimes difficult. Catholic Healthcare values are strong.
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NO chance for advancement, long hours, no security, poor policies, rewarding the worst, punishing the best.
Prefer not to list. (Former Employee), Lexington, KY – April 21, 2013
Pros: great place to learn about healthcare, clinical ladder opportunities.
Cons: called in constantly, staff shortages, incentive pay terminated.
12 hour shifts, learned a lot about my career choice with good co - workers, management used to be on employees side when the sisters were in charge, now a days, they will invent a new non - written policy (This happened to me) to terminate your employment. It was more than a paycheck for me, patients were my main concern. Seeing doctors pushing patients – more... out the door, only to have them return to the ER the same day, what does that tell you? Either you are in the click, or you have a target on your back. Your opinions, ideas, help were never viewed as anything else but an attempt to overthrow the status quo. I changed a lot of ideas about how my specific department did business @ the hospital, but in the end, it was also my downfall. The ones who didn't do their work exploited weaknesses, talked about veterans like they weren't worth a dime. Very sad, but that is the cutthroat world of hospitals. If you want to work @ CHI, get a few close friends, don't tell too much about your personal life, do your 12 and go home to your family. – less
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RN (Current Employee), CHATTANOOGA, TN – April 13, 2013
Pros: just the low salary
Cons: disrespect to employees, poor management, keeping lazy employees, benefits decreasing, innept hr dept.
I feel that the 2 hospitals in Chattanooga should be under the same CEO and save $250,000 if they want to make important cuts.
It is sad such a good hospital has hit bottom.

There is no excuse for the poor treatment of the current employees. The majority of management is female who love the power. I would prefer to work for males any day as they are – more... not as emotional and unstable.

For years the HR told the employees that their pay was not as good as Erlanger's because Memorial was more stable and did not have layoffs. Well they will have to change that story now. I have worked at both facilities and there are no differences.

They need to go back to the reason they opened - to provide healthcare to the community whether they have the ability to pay or not. They also did not have all the middle management (assistant directors, supervisors, coordinators) of whom the majority sits around in offices draining the system of time and money and serving no purpose.

Now hospitals are businesses run by executives that know nothing about healthcare and are there only to make more money. Why should a hospital pay a CEO $400,000 +? and the physicians make less who are at the front lines saving lives.

The values of RICE stands for RICH ILLEGAL CORRUPT ESTABLISHMENT. – less
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Applications Analyst I (Former Employee), Englewood, CO – April 8, 2013
My typical day was spent working in Meditech Magic and Client Server setting up new accounts, troubleshooting access of existing ones, and deprovisioning old accounts. This also included user audit across 27 facilities, nationwide. I had a great group of co-workers who helped to keep each other in line, with very minimal supervision.

The hardest part – more... of the job was trying keep up with the ever-changing culture, policies, procedures, and systems of each of the many facilities, as well as the main organization. While it was the most difficult part of the job, this was also the most enjoyable. It is a shame it was cut short by outsourcing to Wipro. – less
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All about the $$, could care less about employees or patient care
RN (Former Employee), Chattanooga, TN – March 23, 2013
Pros: self scheduling
Cons: horrible benefits, too political and they will lay people off without thinking twice about it!
Not a fan of this employer. I have worked at a few hospitals and Memorial Hospital is by far the worst! They only care about the $. That is very unfortunate for the staff, but ultimately the patients because it falls on them. While they claim to be faith based, I have seen other public hospitals promote better healing, faith, and values. Sadly this – more... organization is too caught up in it's image and what others think than to care about their employees or patients. – less
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Pjcs – April 2, 2013

"Memorial" Hospital is a Baptist hospital... Not Catholic Health. Please get the facts right before making generalizations about a great employer or Health Care facility.

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Amazing Company
IT Helpdesk Level I Analyst (Former Employee), Englewood, CO – March 6, 2013
Pros: great and friendly environment
Cons: nothing comes to mind
Although my position was outsourced to India, I learned a great deal of skills and made many friends to help me advance farther after the outsource.
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This is not a good place to be; worst pt care I have seen next to an ltach
PCT (Former Employee), Little Rock – March 5, 2013
Pros: i got fired for missing work after catching the flu via voice mail
Cons: that this company hides behind religion to turn a buck!
Unclean working environment and passive aggressive nurse managers. St Vincent's wouldn't pay for linen carts to be put in the rooms so where does soiled linens go.... the floor. This company doesn't practice it's own core values. I really thought this would be a good job- I was so wrong!!!
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Each day I was proud to be a part of the care and healing being done by the Staff. I learned and grew a little each day.
BMET II (Former Employee), Lorain, OH – March 5, 2013
I enjoyed working at the hospital, I was there 15 Yrs. Each day saw me working in a variety of areas helping to ensure that the equipment was functioning for the staff. I gained experience working on the hospital telemetry system and patient monitors which were all replaced in 2010 with Philips. My overall relationships with my co workers were very – more... good and based on trust. Everyone was willing to help if needed when problems arose. The most difficult aspect of the job was always the same, working on equipment that was unfamiliar and knowing that you can,t get training on everything but needing to resolve whatever problem that was being exibited. My most enjoyable part of the job was the feeling of accomplishment every time a problem was resolved. – less
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Great company with struggles
Supervisor Web Applications (Current Employee), Englewood, CO – February 4, 2013
In my time with CHI I have seen many changes implemented in the organization. Many in the organization strive to improve the patient experience. But being at the national office in IT there are high levels of turmoil that impact the the employees greatly.
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Care4U – February 17, 2013

CHI is a lovely company!! However, There will be no way of savaging yourself, your work record or even being allowed innate luxuries of being late due to natural disasters or high turn- over rate after this department strips you of all that is good and holy.. ~ Please, work in another department if you love yourself.. Grieviences will not be given or pardons dealt with.. Take care of you!!!

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Enjoyed my job
Patient Account Representative II (Former Employee), Fargo, ND – January 30, 2013
Billing of BCND, BCMN, and commercial insurance. Having to contact insurance companies in order to be able to get faster payment, researched many different web sites in order to find commercial insurance information. Most enjoyable part of my job was knowing and being satisfied that I was able to get payment when others weren't because I dug deeper – more... in to things that other didn't – less
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This is the WORST company Ive ever worked for!!!
MLT (Current Employee), Dickinson ND – January 25, 2013
Pros: patients are wonderful!!
Cons: managment
Unorganized and out of date!! Wont work with your personal needs. Nothing that you and management agreed on previous to hire is fallowed through on. Training is horrible!! One person tells you to do it one way and within the same min another person will be on your back telling you; you're doing it wrong. So frustrating. The wages are low, they don't – more... compensate you for any previous experience.

I will be looking for a new job. – less
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was always busy
Help Desk/Desktop Support (Former Employee), colorado – January 6, 2013
Pros: they way they let people go/fired, just shuttin off my assucuse card
Cons: manger
I liked the job because we was always busy and had things to do , I like to stay busy and this job kept me on my toes.
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developmentally disabled
Coordinator (Former Employee), Fargo, ND – December 26, 2012
Assisting developmentally disabled individuals in a residential and vocational setting. Documentation, medicine administration, and developing plans to include employment and community activities. Individualized program plans to include finances and budgeting skills
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Sucks
Ma (Former Employee), Arkansas – December 6, 2012
Pros: got a paycheck
Cons: sucks when it comes to caring about you employees horrible managers wonderful doctors!!!
Chi is money hungry work you like a dog! Then don't really care if you need time off want you there at all times!! Break yeah right work work work!!!
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It's all about the money- NOT patient care or employees
Nurse (Former Employee), Chattanooga – December 3, 2012
Pros: co-workers
Cons: management, pay, disorganization, greed
I watched a number of good managers and employees quit over the years after being worn down by the constant money grab that is CHI and Memorial. We frequently had to fight with upper management to get needed supplies to care for patients. Our doctors were often frustrated because they either did not have the items needed to perform procedures or had – more... to improvise. Management constantly forced us to downsize inventory to increase profits and work on patients with not enough staff to safely monitor patients or maintain proper sterility, since productivity and RVUs were paramount. Repeated complaints to upper management fell on deaf ears since their bonuses were ultimately more important than patient care. Employee call pay was cut in half and a blind eye was turned to sexual harassment and bullying by some doctors. Management does a great job attending meetings and making up meetings to attend but lack actual management skills. Example- We were told to stop charging for certain supplies and a year later management became upset when they found out we were not charging the supplies. They then attempted to pin the mistake on the staff. Staff was also expected to take on management responsibilities without increased compensation. After eight years on the job my pay was still not up to the original starting pay offered eight years prior at two other hospitals for identical work. They constantly send staff home to meet productivity so getting a consistent paycheck was impossible. The final year I worked there my income was HALF of what it once was and this was common among much of the staff. Some had trouble buying necessities and paying mortgages and car payments. My co-workers were the one redeeming feature of the job. They truly cared about the patients and one another and honestly were the reason I stayed as long as I did.
RICE: Revenue, Income, Cash, Earnings – less
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Nice place to work, kind and positive people. Good to contractors in terms of teamwork and respect
Contractor Tek Systems (Former Employee), Denver – November 27, 2012
Pros: positive and friendly environment
Cons: some weaknesses in processes
Good People, great place to work very positive environment
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