Ascension Health Reviews

Pros

good health benefits,pay is average,challenging work

Cons

management sucks Benefits are being cut every year. This is the busiest hospital in town yet he equipment is outdated and often unsafe.

Advice to Senior Management

communicate changes and the rationale behind them. support your employees and realize the majority are doing their best. and listen to what your staff says.

Pros

Some of the managers are nice
Good salary and benefits
Lots of vacation time

Cons

The nurses and doctors calling in for support are the rudest people Ive ever dealt with
I no longer have any respect for anyone in the medical field
Would get cursed out by doctors and nurses for trying to help them
Sworn at on almost a daily basis
Had to beg for training

Pros

Everyone is nice and friendly.

Cons

Overloaded sometimes with too many patients.

Pros

Believe in the Mission. Dedicated People. Work Life Balance. Opportunity to Travel. Great People. Innovative and think outside the box.

Cons

No cafe in office. Office Location not so great. Too much travel sometimes. Overall, I do not have much bad to say about the company.

Advice to Senior Management

A bit too much politics on the senior level, but this is true of most companies. Overall, a good bunch of people.

Pros

Very good corporate culture. Sacred Heart (A part of Ascension) focused on the mission of providing very good health care to both paying and charity customers. This made all employees feel like they were contributing to to betterment of society. Also, there were many moral boosting strategies. For example: free lunches for holidays, birthday cards from the hospital, and special events sponsored by the hospital.

Cons

The Senior Leadership seems very disconnected from the rest of the staff. Some do make and effort to attend events, but most act as if they are too busy to attend things like employee forums and town hall meetings. In addition the communication among them is limited. It seems as if they all want to be the one person who "knows everything" so they keep things a secret to the detriment of the Health System.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop worrying about your promotion, and share some information! Take the time to attend a leadership forum instead of forcing the middle management level leaders suffer through it while you work on through. Everyone's time is valuable. Keep up the good work when it comes to encouraging staff and providing additional value aside from a paycheck.

Pros

Lives up to their core values. 100,000 reasons---people who collaborate on caring out its mission to serve patients, community as a ministry. Management, clinical staff and executives top notch and leaders in the industry.

Cons

Its a large national organization and the structures needed to manage 100 hospitals and facilities across the US. With $11 Billion in revenues it would be a "Fortune 500" company if it was a NYSE or for profit firm perhaps #5 in healthcare companies, that brings slower decision making and some expected red tape. Needs to continue building diversity into its long term plans for senior management team local, regionally and nationally.

Advice to Senior Management

Continued to build upon the values of St. Vincent De Paul (one of the founding orders) by innovating, leading and challenging the US healthcare system by focusing on quality patient care, medical advances & technology, excellent stewardship, addressing and serving the 47 million Americans either under insured or uninsured as St. Vincent De Paul practiced with simplicity, intergrity and honesty 375 years ago.