California Pacific Medical Center Reviews

Former Employee – worked at California Pacific Medical Center full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great Benefits, competitive salary, training, employee recognition, equal opportunity employer, room for growth

Cons – PTO (personal time off) not separate from holiday pay,

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

Former Employee – worked at California Pacific Medical Center full-time for more than a year

Pros – Decent patient to nurse ratios. Good medical and nursing care provided to patients. Competitive wages. Good team work among the nurses.

Cons – Union negotiations have prevented raises for the last several years. Patient population are over privileged and demanding. Doctor's can sometimes be resistant to suggestions. Parking is expensive and difficult on the dayshift.

Advice to Senior Management – When you have a travel nurse with a good reputation and excellent skills, don't overlook them.

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

Former Employee – worked at California Pacific Medical Center

Pros – cutting edge facility
great location

Cons – bad pay, it's research after all
slow work.
no culture - very old community

Current Employee – been working at California Pacific Medical Center as an intern

Pros – Great Team, Good management, Liberal thinking and Stress-free everytime!

Cons – None as of now.. I like the place.

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

Former Employee – worked at California Pacific Medical Center as an intern for more than a year

Pros – Offers enormous amount of high-quality training and supervision by seasoned clinicians. Offers a wide range of work, from in-patient/acute to outpatient (children, adolescents, adults, and couples), from severe mental health disorders to high-functioning individuals with transient adjustment disorders and neurotic-level of functioning.

Cons – No pay for predoctoral intern or for postdoctoral fellows, not as much opportunity to work with children and adolescents as adults and couples. There was no family therapy program when I was there and zero assessment.

Advice to Senior Management – Reincorporate assessment into the training program, become AIPIC or APA-accredited, and offer at least a stipend equal to Access Institute.

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

Former Employee – worked at California Pacific Medical Center

Pros – Co-workers; Access to Managers; Pay Scale

Cons – Constantly trying to streamline work, and replace with different, not better ways of doing things that put undue pressure on health care workers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at California Pacific Medical Center

Pros – flexibility, location, learning, good collegues,

Cons – lower pay compared to other SF hospitals. little hope for advancement.

Advice to Senior Management – there are many qualified people in allied health professions to be hired or promoted to management. Many have masters degrees in public or health administration.

Former Employee – worked at California Pacific Medical Center

Pros – The reason you work for a hospital is to care for the patients. If you work at cpmc you have to remind yourself of this often.

Cons – leadership is terrible. nothing is done without a committee. The IT team is run by the ceo 's son in law and his number two thinks he is still living in a frat house.

Advice to Senior Management – Take an early retirement.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at California Pacific Medical Center

Pros – - Excellent benefits and good pay
- Some high quality co-workers and managers
- Opportunities for professional development exist if you seek it out

Cons – - Weak leadership with questionable morals and poor communication skills
- A culture of blame and incompetence was promoted by executive mgmt.
- Heavy workload for those who work in administration

Advice to Senior Management – Don't send a letter out to all employees saying they need to prepare for cutbacks the same year as when Sutter Health, the parent company, has posted a 30% increase in revenues and is being investigated by the CA State Insurance Commissioner for insurance fraud and overbilling.

Current Employee – been working at California Pacific Medical Center

Pros – Good place to collaborate with peers and to learn.

Cons – Advancement seems to be dependent upon who you know. Some managers are not effective in performance management - that affects the whole group.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus upon communication, and more frequently.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend