St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Employer Reviews
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St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Mission Driven Organization
Grant and Contract Analyst (Former Employee), Memphis, TN – April 7, 2012
Pros: perks, rewards
Cons: long hours
A typical workday includes reviewing and enhancing our electronic systems for grant application submission, processing of awards and record keeping. Additionally, my day includes supervision of staff and report creation. Management and co-workers exist as a team with acknowledged boundaries. The hardest part of my job is also the part I enjoy the most – more... and that's identifying the source of a system malfunction and resolving the issue. – less
Work with customers needing service. People worked with were great to be around and we had holiday luncheons together, picnics every year.
Office Manager/Executive Administrative Assistant (Former Employee), Norcross, GA – March 28, 2012
Pros: great benefits in health insurance 100%
Cons: none to report
Helped raise funds for research for the main hospital in Memphis. This was a rewarding position as funds covered 92% of research. Administrative fees were not used from donations. The people have so much love and care so much for the children. It was a very rewarding position and wish I could have stayed but my husband's job moved us to SC and I had – more... to go with him obviously. – less
Administrative Specialist (Former Employee), Memphis, TN – March 25, 2012
Pros: education and medical benefits
Pending on your personal educational goals- company has tuition reimbursement, great benefits including orthodontic care 100% paid!
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– November 19, 2012
One can say nothing about the hospital's goal and its dedication to its patients.. However, below a certain line of work, for people in jobs requiring only a BA or BS, employees at this level are treated as valueless and replaceable. You cannot be even one minute late on any given day without reprimand. After 12 reprimands, you are fired. Raises are small. One year I got 25 cents an hour and the next I got 7 cents an hour. This hospital employs nobel prize wonners and they don't care about all employees by a long shot. The turnover rate is huge. The department I was hired into was 90% new hires and the manager quit after two weeks. We were left without instruction in a job so complex, the learning curve was estimated to be 6 months to 1 year. Yet management changed so often, it was impossible to feel confident about your future. I transferred to another department with higher pay and a more interesting job, only to be fired after 7 weeks for inability to complete training period. The woman who managed admistrative specialists in that department was a nightmare who told me on my 4th day that I wasn't going to work out. She was a high school grad and had been at St Jude for almost 40 yrs and obviously did not like my interaction with the MDs I was supporting, did not like the fact that I was bilingual, etc. But I was FIRED for the first time in my 61 years. You can imagine how hard it is to find work for someone over sixty ....I have not yet recovered from this experience.
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It's an honor working for St. Jude.
I am a Laboratory Specialist (Current Employee), Memphis, Tennessee – February 29, 2012
It is a priviledge working for St. Jude, especially knowing that I am contributing and trying to save children's lives.
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– November 19, 2012
One can say nothing about the hospital's goal and its dedication to its patients.. However, below a certain line of work, for people in jobs requiring only a BA or BS, employees at this level are treated as valueless and replaceable. You cannot be even one minute late on any given day without reprimand. After 12 reprimands, you are fired. Raises are small. One year I got 25 cents an hour and the next I got 7 cents an hour. This hospital employs nobel prize wonners and they don't care about all employees by a long shot. The turnover rate is huge. The department I was hired into was 90% new hires and the manager quit after two weeks. We were left without instruction in a job so complex, the learning curve was estimated to be 6 months to 1 year. Yet management changed so often, it was impossible to feel confident about your future. I transferred to another department with higher pay and a more interesting job, only to be fired after 7 weeks for inability to complete training period. The woman who managed admistrative specialists in that department was a nightmare who told me on my 4th day that I wasn't going to work out. She was a high school grad and had been at St Jude for almost 40 yrs and obviously did not like my interaction with the MDs I was supporting, did not like the fact that I was bilingual, etc. But I was FIRED for the first time in my 61 years. You can imagine how hard it is to find work for someone over sixty ....I have not yet recovered from this experience.