Community Health Systems Reviews

Pros

Flexible, excellent resources, numerous opportunities.

Cons

Some units press productivity harder than others.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to employees.

Pros

flexible work hours, great boss, challenging projects, excellent comp, ever-changing atmosphere because of constant growth

Cons

strict adherence to 'no working from home' policy

Pros

I think one thing that is nice about Community Health Systems is that they give you great holiday and paid time off

Cons

I think one thing that Community Health Systems could improve on is their willingness to consider employees with less experience.

Advice to Senior Management

The work environment at Community Health Systems is great. I feel comfortable with the people who work there and I'm glad most people are easy to get along with.

Pros

Great benefits. People are great to work with. There is enough staff hired to do the job. the pace of work is good.

Cons

If you want to "make" a lot of money this is probably not going to satisfy you. This is a not for profit organization so bonus's are not what you see in the retail world.

Advice to Senior Management

I can not think of anything to tell management.

Pros

Great work & plenty of it; large organization; average/typical benefits; not concerned about lay-offs/decreasing head-count; highly visible Nashville company

Cons

-- Compensation
-- Demanding work (60+ hour weeks)
-- Top-heavy management
-- Weak middle-management
-- Poor communication
-- Poor recognition of high-performing employees

Advice to Senior Management

-- Improve leadership capabilities of middle management
-- Bonus package for high-performing employees
-- Recognize high-performing employees with an appropriate package

Pros

Job security (never had any lay offs and it's a stable industry)
Culture is good
Industry leader so there's comfort in that knowledge

Cons

When promoted or given more responsibilities, salary increases are not automatic, seems like you have to beg for it, and then you usually even don't get it then. Market adjustments are rare and pay grades are "anonymous" - which is not right.

Advice to Senior Management

Need to grade out each position. When your own HR dept tells you to leave the company and come back in order to be paid sufficiently, there's a problem.

Pros

a paycheck and nothing more

Cons

unstable employer.Layoffs to meet management bonuses

Pros

Benefit package was much better than most. People who do work there know their stuff and are incredible!

Cons

Not enough resources to get things done in a timely manner. High stress and not always high reward for coming through. More thought is given to shareholders and returns than to people. High turnover.

Advice to Senior Management

Providing people with what they need does affect the bottom line, but so does turnover. Sometimes what you spend in human capital can earn you higher profits for shareholders.

Pros

Stable company with good opportunity for management employees

Cons

Large company where non-management employees are under-valued for their efforts.

Advice to Senior Management

Share the wealth with non-management employees. Include all employees in your bonus plan.;

Pros

CHS is a large hospital corporation.

Cons

Micro management at all levels. It can be exhausting.

Advice to Senior Management

Invest in IT or hire more people.