Alberta Health Services Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Alberta Health Services part-time for more than a year

Pros – - Easy going environment
- Flexible hours
- Great pay
- Good health and dental benefits

Cons – - Dealing with cranky nurses and patients

Advice to Senior Management – None

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

Current Employee – been working at Alberta Health Services full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – AHS is an equal opportunity employer and they strive to help the employees develop a great life-work balance.

Cons – None really. My current manager is caring and compassionate

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Alberta Health Services part-time for more than 8 years

Pros – great place to work for me at least

Cons – none for me so far so good.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Alberta Health Services as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Executive and Director level management is interactive, caring, and professional.

Cons – Organization has been going through a large cultural shift and this has caused some issues.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep on the right track, you are doing great. Organizational change takes time.

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

Former Employee – worked at Alberta Health Services full-time

Pros – Great Team to Work with and strong coworker relations

Cons – Lack of leadership in management and direction.

Advice to Senior Management – Allow your employees to grow

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

Former Employee – worked at Alberta Health Services part-time for more than a year

Pros – There is much room for growth into higher positions since Alberta health services is expanding especially with the opening of a new hospital in the Calgary area so they are very keen on internal hiring. Also, depending on the position you can qualify for various benefits such as; gas millage, health insurance and moving expenses right away.

Cons – Alberta health services is a province wide government health care provider therefore the hiring process is quite lengthy and it will take approximately a month to 8 weeks before all your employee training and on-boarding details are complete. Although, Alberta health services has an online hiring process most positions are filled using the internal hiring process or through referral
 so be sure to make contacts within Alberta Health Services before applying (especially for student positions). With regards to Summer Student Research opportunities funding for this has been cut in the recent years so very few positions are available through out the year.

Advice to Senior Management – The management for student research positions is okay. I cant say much about other areas of Alberta Health Services.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Alberta Health Services full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great staff! I worked with some of the most dedicated and caring staff that I have ever met. The front line staff are the ones that really do make this organization. I liked my role, but it was one that I carved out for myself.

Cons – Work culture has not great. The management styles were stuck in the past and were a bit outdated. Not much room for advancement. Also, changes were implemented hastily without enough thought and fore planning. There is also a lack of recognition especially for front line staff (at least in my department).

Advice to Senior Management – Learn to embrace change and better communication. Be transparent at all levels of the organization. Take the values of the organization and really make it a priority to show these values to all staff at every level as well as the public. Management should come to work thinking how can I better serve my staff and the public, then worry about the bottom line. Not the other way around.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Alberta Health Services full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great Health benefits, learning opportunities

Cons – needs a better PA system

Current Employee – been working at Alberta Health Services part-time for less than a year

Pros – University of alberta hospital creates a positive learning and welcoming environment for me. I enjoy working with the staffs and the patients

Cons – There should be more in- service training for casual positions especially for the undergraduate nurses position.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Alberta Health Services

Pros – Mutual respect.
Employees work in a mature manner as a team.

Cons – Pay and benefits are quite weak.