CHRISTUS Health Reviews

Pros

Great career building, great co-workers, good supportive management, always food in the kitchen, good compensation, positive environment.

Cons

Improve the medical insurance part of the benefits package.

Advice to Senior Management

Thank you for all you do for poor and under served. It is a great cause and much appreciated.

Pros

strong ministry focus, most new employees genuinely want to help accomplish the mission

Cons

absolute favoritism on promotions and career advancement opportunities, incompetent individuals promoted to positions without consideration to what skills are needed

Advice to Senior Management

try 360 degree reviews, you might be surprised, and stop making excuses. Might be helpful to stop spending money for senior execs to enjoy 5 star travel and entertainment, remember its a non-profit that is supposed to serve the community.

Pros

Co-Workers really cared about their work and thought they were doing good work - really living "the mission" that corp mgmt kept touting.

Cons

No loyalty to their staff. Laying off anyone who won't relocate to Dallas area. Consolidating all in to one location and losing their most experienced staff. Won't work with anyone who can't relocate. Many long time staff are being let go.

Advice to Senior Management

Reconsider the timeline for the move. Work with people and replace them in Dallas thru attrition or promotions. You are going to lose a lot of talented people really quickly. Those who work in the regions are going to really be impacted by this move. They won't be able to find "like" jobs in those area. Live your mission and values like you say you do.

Pros

large employer in San Antonio, good bennifits could be very stable due to the field and what the community needs. But managemnt did not care about the employees.

Cons

knew background and skills but did not have other employees or management help to succeed. Was not ready for the new employee when arrived. HAd employee do work on systems with no operating proceedures.

Advice to Senior Management

Start taking care of employees, management did not help employees to succeed in there jobs. HAd employee move across country on own dime and then did not reinburse

Pros

Its a hospital so depending on the dept money can be made. Of course nurses make good money but other department pay very low in comparison to other hospitals at same positon

Cons

Hard to advance, unless you know someone high up like, its all about who you know. The starting salary is horrible.

Advice to Senior Management

My advice would be to know your job better than the people that you manage. And listen to your workers before implementing new policies that affect them.

Pros

If you're just starting out and need the experience this might be a good choice.

Cons

They will not keep promises made when you accept the position unless it's in writing. They routinely slash budgets and employees to the bone until patient care suffers and complaints are made. It is a non-profit hospital system that has internal struggles between religious missions/intentions and correct business policies.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep your promises. Don't hide the truth and hire people based on what you want to happen in the future. Give people an honest view of what the working conditions are and what is expected of you in the position. Your inability to get along as department heads and leaders is driving doctors and excellent professionals to the other local hospitals. Doesn't all the empty doctor's offices around you give you pause?

Pros

Employers/employees friendly most of the time. Respected place to work. A busy hospital for a town of 50,000 people is centrally located, easy to reach. Has been a solid employer in this community for many years. Many long term employees enjoy working there and plan to stay.

Cons

Long Hours. Moderate pay. More attention should be paid to training employees once they have moved beyond the usual new-employee general in-service training. Training is average, but could be better. Emergency room is almost always overcrowded, sometimes with direct admit patients having to wait 8 hours or longer to get a hospital bed.

Advice to Senior Management

Get your managers more involved with the personell.

Pros

Christian Based Hospital is a benefit

Cons

No raises last 2 years, took away some our vacation accrual to save money, management and leadership is weak

Advice to Senior Management

no comment

Pros

productivity requirements are better than most places.
Little to no turn-over with a great, supportive staff

Cons

Little chance for advancement in the field of rehab since there is little turnover.

Advice to Senior Management

Invest more money in rehab equipment.

Pros

People are looked at as individuals and not a means to make a profit

Cons

They dont always make the best stategic moves

Advice to Senior Management

Don't keep incompetent people around.