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Exceptional Team
Clinical Certified Nursing Assistant (Former Employee), Seattle, WA – June 13, 2013
Pros: excellent benefits
Cons: short staffed
I honestly feel that Providence was the best place that I have ever worked. The benefits are amazing and the employees and individuals served are even better. I look forward to hopefully joining this company in future now that my education in near complete.
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WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT
CASH APPLICATIONS LEAD (Current Employee), Renton, WA – June 10, 2013
WHEN WE WERE HSNW IT WAS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK THEN WE MERGED WITH PROVIDENCE AND IT WENT DOWN HILL.
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Administration Does Not Advocate Fully for Patients or Employee Safety
RN (Former Employee), Anchorage, AK – June 10, 2013
Pros: i had excellent boss
Cons: not much support from administration, positive ideas promoting change not received well, negative energy among some nursing administration. cne good but not supported fully in her role.
Facility does not support a safe patient handling program, at least not while I was there. RN's forced to lift/transfer patients with their own brute strenghth, resulting in their injuries. Lift team not always available and not enough equipment to go around. Do not work in a facility that does not already have in place all the equipment that clinical – more... staff are in need of having at the point in care at the time of your application.

Should you report to administration issues with physicians related to patient care, you are perceived to be making trouble. Isn't nursing about patient advocacy? Quite backward in some of their thought processes and takes forever to move a good idea forward, if at all. Not a healthy environment to work in and as RN's we are to promote such (safe/healthy environment)? This will only leave you frustrated unless you also can turn a blind eye...

May I suggest you work where you are celebrated and not "tolerated"? – less
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You do a lot of work for a little pay
Accounts Receivable Specialist (Current Employee), Portland, OR – May 29, 2013
My job is challenging and fun;however, I wish I was paid to the level of work that I do.
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fun workplace
delivery (Former Employee), new york – May 14, 2013
Pros: l never work in the health but to delivery is not a probleme with small trainig
Cons: l like this job
yes l agree man can do nothing to do the job only and l like to work with the people
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– May 20, 2013

lousy place to work, nasty malicious people no training

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The Boss Makes or Breaks the Job
Executive Assistant (Current Employee), San Pedro & Torrance, CA – May 12, 2013
Pros: great bosses - rachel sanchez and john sang
I have two Executives I support who are hard working, intelligent and treat their employees very well. Unfortunately the company went through a merger and reorganization.
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Compasionate people
Patient Dining Supervisor (Former Employee), Portland, OR – May 4, 2013
Pros: people
Manage day-to day operstions of patient call center, meal delivery process and food safety standards
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Result Oriented Professional Recruiter
Sourcing Recruiting Consultant (Current Employee), Renton, WA – May 1, 2013
Results oriented professional recruiter with exposure to business development, marketing and strategic planning. Client relationships, management and excellent customer service

• Ability to leverage skills and capabilities to participate in sales and recruiting activities.
• Proven success leading business development efforts, expanding customer base – more... and increasing revenue potential within client base.
• Skilled in improving customer retention within highly competitive markets.
• Exceptional leadership abilities concerning team initiatives. – less
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pharmacy, terrible managment.
pharmacy technician (Former Employee), torrance – April 15, 2013
Pros: per diem employees are able to block out any days through schedule rx.
Cons: no breaks. no opportunity for growth, terrible management
i worked here for a couple of years. at my orientation i was pumped to work for such a great environment. being catholic and working for a catholic organization that seemed great excited me.

unfortunately pharmacy management treated the employees badly. i was per diem and worked 40 hours but they never offered me benefits. instead they would hire someone – more... new and give them the benefit position when i was on maternity leave both times.

they workload was intense for everyone and there was never anyone there to cover breaks. they expected you to break the news to 6 pharmacists entering orders that they would have to cover the phones, new orders, missing orders, both p.o and iv. yeah that never went over well so we never took our breaks.

the pharmacy supervisor anne is an idiot and sent me several emails meant for the manager by mistake detailing how she pulled the wool over employees requests.

glad to be out of there. – less
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Waste of 5 months
Registered Nurse (Former Employee), Portland, OR – April 14, 2013
Fired for no good reason just a couple weeks before my probationary period was due to end, which would have given me union protection. Too bad you don't get that benefit from day one, I'd still have a job. Funny, I even asked someone in HR about a clause in the employment offer stating employment was at will and can be terminated at any time by either – more... party with or without notice...they just kind of shrugged it off, saying that is just during the initial six months of employment, and it would never happen like that anyway. Bullsh**!! – less
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Great Supervisor but very little job security
Data Specialist (Current Employee), Portland,OR – April 2, 2013
Pros: heatlh debit card
Cons: little job security
I really enjoy the work I perform and the people I work with. The company didn't seem to help enough when jobs transfered to Washington though.
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Data Engineer, Software Support and Report Writer
Data Analyst for HR (Former Employee), Renton, WA – March 24, 2013
Pros: noble cause
Cons: awkward commute
Conversion of data between platforms, graphs and pivots of data, software support.
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Core Values/Mission Don't Apply to Employees Welfare, Unless You Are Supervisor or Management
RN (Former Employee), Everett – March 16, 2013
Pros: a place to gain experience.
Cons: don't get on the bad side of management, they will outright lie to blackball an employee that's crossed them.
I don't have enough bad things to say about Providence. The work culture encourages bullying. In the hospital working without breaks is the norm. While working in clinic (non-union) had a physician swear at me and this was acceptable to management. There are better places to work where nurses are treated with respect.
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Treat contractors like sub human.
Service Desk (Former Employee), Portland, OR – March 13, 2013
"As People of Providence we reveal God’s love for all,especially the poor and vulnerable,through our compassionate service." -- is Providence's mission statement. Which is laughable when they are taking contractors on for years and years for basically permanent positions, pay them half what regular employees there get payed for literally doing the same – more... exact job, don't give them any benefits, and that contractors don't get payed time off. If you do end up taking time off they come talk to you about how you are taking too many days off, when employees call in sick every other day. It is a human rights violation according to article 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This company does not live it's mission, but rather uses it as a way of justifying treating their employees like dirt, and the contractors as less than dirt. – less
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ERmj1 – May 15, 2013

I completely concur with what you have mentioned. currently, In my department, we have employed an on call employee that has been strung along working a position equivalent to full time. she works at times, OVER 50 hours a week, five + days a week and this has been going on for over and almost two years. STILL she continues to be considered an on call employee with NO benefits. "WE" are currently having to haggle on her behalf to have her instated as a full time employee with back benefits due her, but as always, we are being stone walled and given excuses. BUT, we will NOT give up the good fight. providence "appears" in presence to be a great place to work, but once entrenched into the system, and being employed with them, one can really see the back biting, back stabbing, manipulation, favourtism and questionable tactics those twisted sister inheritors employ towards their current and past employees.

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patients love Providence, employees hate Providence
Supervisor (Former Employee), Olympia – March 2, 2013
Pros: free training
Cons: micro mangement and unfairness.
Surveys show that patients loved the clinic I worked at. But internal employee survey consistently showed employees hate Providence. PMG came in and made unacceptable changes trying to "standardize" process and procedures. Standardize = $$$. Job cuts and relocation to another state were the experience of many. I left the organization due to double standards – more... and micro management. Bullies are allowed to continue due to fear of law suits or other legal action. The focus is on the dollar not what is fair or equitable.
A place to learn some skills? Yes. A career? No. – less
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Health Care
Informatica Developer (Former Employee), Portland, OR – February 21, 2013
Providence Health & Services is a not-for-profit health system committed to providing a comprehensive array of services to meet the needs of communities across five states, including Alaska, Washington, Montana, Oregon and California. Data was extracted from multiple data sources and loaded in to the warehouse using Informatica Provide support for reporting – more... and back-up support for data. Developing ETL transformation using Informatica Power Center – less
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As a Medical Assistant not the best experience which led to not working there as an RN
Medical Assistant (Former Employee), Portland, OR – February 14, 2013
Pros: all nothing good
Cons: none stand up for their own beliefs or advocate; cowards
My experiences with the physicians was that they are rude. The company honors the doctors as Gods and rule. The doctors are rude and degrading to individuals that they view as less than them in terms, of education. This is the wrong environment to work in and I most certain would not go there as an RN. Maybe this is the reason, in relation to their – more... phsicians as a bad place to be employed nevertheless, for your healthcare. – less
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Great for Patients but Bad for Employees
Patient Account Rep (Current Employee), Walla Walla, Wa – January 10, 2013
Pros: good pay. decent benefits
Cons: any feedback will be negative. they care little about you unless you make them more money.
They really strive to fulfill their mission statement when it comes to their patients but not at all with their employees. Perfection and speed is the key and if you make a mistake, no matter how small, it becomes a HUGE issue. They run themselves like a big corporation with fear tactics and threats. While I'm sure there is a few places that have good – more... managers that make the experience better for their employees, overall this seems to be the norm. I found most people in my department were feeling down and scared. They were even dreading coming to work. I just don't think that's how a good business should run itself. Beware because they will stab you in the back if it will get them more money or cover their backside in any situation. – less
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Painful lessons even for hard worker...
Allied Health Professional (Former Employee), Pacific NW – December 31, 2012
Pros: learning to work with major adversity and stay productive
Cons: cynicism and mistrust of any providence organization
This is a religious organization that crams it's ideals down employees throats but allows management to get away with deceit, slander, cronyism, theft, professional bullying, harassment, and even endangers patients. I was with the organization for close to 9 years- 2 hospitals. I had an administrator addicted to Oxy and later convicted. His team had – more... to meet with a psychiatrist monthly to function! I had to work with 2 coworkers with serious "anger management" issues that dept. chairmen complained-to no avail. I had a boss who demanded I return from funeral leave. When I didn't my evaluations went from excellent to 'needing improvement.' I had one boss who covered up theft of 5 years worth of detailed patient data/ledgers, from my office, by a manager working on her masters. They'd say I was a disgruntled employee but I left on my own terms. I learned a lot of lessons and enjoyed working hard but I wouldn't wish this on anyone else... – less
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River – January 4, 2013

Everything that you said was very true and I too had simalar experiences. I too noticed the problems with slander, cronyism, and deceit. It not only happend to myself but it happened to a few of my coworkers alike. My experiance was a tough road and I am so displeased with how the last few years has ended for me. I am finding more and more about how this has happened to others. People who had started believing that they were supporting something that was real and important to their lives. Believing in the patient service and commitment we were told existed here at Providence. Only to be bullied, manipulated and treated as if we were inferior to others who worked harder on pleasing management, than working with and whom we should all be commited to, our patients. I hope that this is realized soon. That a change happens for the best. That the focus there will switch to what is always should be about, the people who need our services. I can only hope and pray that this happens soon.

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Good place to work
Customer Service Specialist (Current Employee), Portland, OR – December 28, 2012
good place to work but moving up is all about who you know and being the favorite
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River – January 4, 2013

So true.


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