Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia full-time

Pros – 1 The mission of treating Children is an honorable and wonderful job to feel accomplishment.
2 Great benefits especially the healthcare when you need it.
3 work with some of the leaders in healthcare and medicine

Cons – 1 often those leaders are a bit eccentric and have special needs that are a bit unusual
2 HR is dysfunctional and often the employee does not get the right information on benefits and policies especially seen in situations such as long term disabilities due to surgery.
Became a way for CHOP to replace me
3 Department run by a 30 year veteran of the company who was a tyrant and people especially the newly hired people feared him. He overmanaged and was critical of some areas and forgot some areas and did not want to address any of the issues in areas that he felt had no importance,
4 Turnover was very high but they had about a 10% yearly replacement rate in the department.
5 Employee with many years were forced out by not accepting managements changes yearly to a 5S and lean philosophy even for medicines imagine Techs has 30 sec to make doses and were timed on this
6. The senior managers accepted and performed his policies but were more tolerant to employees

Advice to Senior Management – The healthcare field is in chaos about being reimbursed for the good work of hospitals like CHOP in an area that many do not pay. Changes to accomplish fiscal goals constrain services often affecting departments like HR. and other services however it does add to the chaos and quality of services that affect employee performance. Somebody. Outside of the department and their senior management has to look at the plans for reducing costs and see that it does not have lasting effects on the care, employee retentivity and represent a beat the clock program especially in a critical area like pharmacy. Somebody should be inspecting the department manager and the manner they manage their people old tyrannical fear driven management will not retain professionals nor will the power of some research departments that because of their monitary contribution to this hospital wield more power and demands to other service departments.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as an intern for less than a year

Pros – CHOP is a great place to work for a great cause. The benefits are reasonably good, the managers are competent and actually listen to you. The people are nice and knowledgeable with many years of experience.

Cons – It's not the best place for someone to start the career. It's great if you want to retire, but as with any established institution, things could move slowly

Advice to Senior Management – Provide feedback more often

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Knowledgeable coworkers who work hard to get job done

Cons – No standards or process in place. Require running in circle to get certain things done

Advice to Senior Management – Chop has some talented workers in the IT side of the house but there are a lot of lifers who need to reminded that their jobs are not god given and need to reprimand accordingly

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good working environment, many supportive staffs, good resources for your work related needs. Very tide relationship with UPENN.

Cons – CHOP did not has great benefit for the employees. Our 403b match is not competitive at all. Our sick days and personal days do not exist.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Pros – Great hospital. Possibilities of moving around depending on the functionality.

Cons – Slow moving. Communication disconnect between research divisions

Advice to Senior Management – Streamline communication. Look for posibilities of sharing knowledge and resources between divisions.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Pros – Working at CHOP looks good on the resume and you feel like you are part of a team doing special work for kids

Cons – Pay not competetive with similar institutions (although they claim they are) + not a lot of room for advancement inside

Advice to Senior Management – Look at the pay structure if you want to keep talented employees....the org makes a lot of money every year.

Former Employee – worked at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Pros – Good Salaries in many positions. There is room for advancement depending on the department you work in (Clinical Departments) not so much in research. Good benefits

Cons – When I first started working at the hospital it was an excellent place to work, but over the years it felt less like I was working to help sick children and became a piece of Corporate America.

Advice to Senior Management – Remember that the focus should be on the children and their families.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Pros – Laid back atmosphere, good benefits package, well known and respected employer in the community

Cons – Too bureacratic, too slow, not a challenging environment

Advice to Senior Management – Senior management has some good ideas but they his efforts did not trickle down to everyone. Benefits available to the clinical side should be extended to the research side as well.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Pros – It is an institution that prides itself on being the best. Its employees are very competent and strive to be the very best that they can be, however, are many times overlooked by senior management. It is a great institution for learning and growing as a clinician, especially if you are of the type A persuasion.

Cons – Senior management, as in any facility can have the tendency to be exceedingly political. They can pick and choose with whom they will fraternize and who will be promoted. It is unfortunate, but it still happens everywhere, even at the top pediatric hospital.

Advice to Senior Management – Please look at the facts. If a clinician is getting letters of commendation and kudos from fellow colleagues and they have the appropriate criteria for promotion, then holding them back is only giving the employee the sense that they want to look elsewhere to be recognized for their work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend