Memorial Hermann Healthcare Reviews in Houston, TX Area

Former Employee – worked at Memorial Hermann Healthcare full-time for less than a year

Pros – Nice hours, nice coworkers and patients

Cons – Lack of communication between management, HR and staff. Little processes in place. High turnover rate of staff and management. Scary poor documentation. Could not even find med lists on patients. A lot of frustration and low morale. Terrible benefits

Advice to Senior Management – listen to staff, particularly nurses. Don't get rid of managers/ directors, give them time to help change processes. Go 100% electronic immediately. No more excuses

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

Current Employee – been working at Memorial Hermann Healthcare full-time for more than a year

Pros – Clean Hospital, good salary, emergency department always busy, higher administration active in assessing patient care

Cons – Expensive benefits, Overworked employees, bad department managment

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Memorial Hermann Healthcare full-time for more than a year

Pros – goodly amount PTO, spiritual holidays, and personal time off.

Cons – computerized charting goes too far. you must drag a heavy cow wherever you go and scan every bracelet and every pill, eye drop, and ointment. it doesn't matter if the scan bar is smudged and won't. you will be disciplined. you must join a committee which exists just to bring it closer to magnet status. if you forget to chart one turn or one piece of education, you will receive an e mail. if you do not lable one tubing, you ill also receive an email. if one unreasonable horribly behaved needy patient or family member turns you in for not smiling while you are being yelled at, you will be discilplined/ spoken to. your whereabouts will be known at ALL times because you will wear a "nurse locater", along with a personal phone which will ring constantly. most days you will work til you drop from exhaustion, as soon as one discharges you will get two more as we cannot say no to ER

Advice to Senior Management – management, there's nothing you can really do because i know your hands are tied by beauracratic red tape, jacho and medicare requirements.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Memorial Hermann Healthcare full-time for more than a year

Pros – Opportunity for advancement, and room to move because they are all over Houston

Cons – Politics, They are supposedly Magnet but nurse to pt. ratio is awful with 7:1 on Tele in some of their hospitals. with the pt. turnaround being fast you can end up with 9-10 pt.'s a day.

Advice to Senior Management – have better nurse to pt. pca to pt. ratios and maybe make it a rule for all units throughout their hospital system.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Memorial Hermann Healthcare full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – The clinical staff is superb.

Cons – Constant cut-throat ompetitiveness runs rampant.

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

Former Employee – worked at Memorial Hermann Healthcare full-time for more than a year

Pros – Lots of growth potential. you could transfer to a different dept if there was an opening and you fit the position. They have many different locations so you can find one you like.

Cons – No real cons things usually worked themselves out

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to advice of the staff, just because they are your subbardinents they may have been in your position before

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Memorial Hermann Healthcare as a contractor for more than a year

Pros – Variety of responsibilities, community involvement, talented workforce, large organization, health benefits, innovative management

Cons – Lack of budget, low morale, highly political, highly competitive, slow decision making

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Memorial Hermann Healthcare

Pros – Hierarchy is pretty transparent. One simply might not like what they see though.

Cons – Opportunities for advancement are pretty much based solely on networking.

Advice to Senior Management – Problem solving is not your strongsuit.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Memorial Hermann Healthcare

Pros – Great resources and some of the best healthcare practitioners in Houston

Cons – Downsized some areas that did not need it

Advice to Senior Management – Before downsizing you should personally look at what is happening rather than take advice of some who may not be quality leaders

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Memorial Hermann Healthcare

Pros – 12 hour shifts, full time compensation for working 3 twelve hour shifts. Ok, benefits. Get good PTO hours, spiritual days, etc. Not for profit

Cons – Huge corporation, management is a mouthpiece for doctors. No one listens to the employee. Employees don't have a word. Management is always changing and when you finally get a good manager, they don't stick around, they leave.. not sure what the inside reasons are for that.

Advice to Senior Management – Treat people with respect. Listen to your employees. Treat everyone fairly. Give ample opportunities for learning and growth.