Fletcher Allen Health Care Reviews

Pros

coworkers are great and keep a high moral, they are supportive and helpful

Cons

There is a lot of disorganization and it can get pretty hectic, if that's what you like then it can be a good thing

Advice to Senior Management

It's not bad, communication could be better

Pros

Good pay and good benefits

Cons

When you are hired you a told that this is a team oriented place of employment, it is as long as you do what the long term folks want.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your new employees, they may have some good ideas.

Pros

very educated, organized and responsible personell

Cons

not so proactive/ flexible organization
quite conservative

Advice to Senior Management

get more flexible regarding working from home for IS department

Pros

Nice facilities, some really great co-workers, great doctors, wide range of medical specialties, pay is average, benefits, locations are great.

Cons

all employees are treated the same whether you do a great job or a terrible job. Upper management and management turn a blind eye when it comes to disruptive or bad employees and if it is brought to there attention often times there is retaliation.

Advice to Senior Management

Reward and recognize the good employees, deal with the bad employees "stop rewarding the bad child" so the good employee stay!

Pros

The benefits are good and work is for a good cause

Cons

Senior Management is very poor

Pros

Saw many interesting cases due to the number of patients that came to the practice. People I worked with were hardworking and always willing to help out when they could.

Cons

Management was poor. Unwilling to assist those giving direct patient contact.

Advice to Senior Management

Not at this time. I hope management has improved since the last time I was there.

Pros

Its a caring community to work at

Cons

Top down leadership is exhausting

Pros

It is the only hospital in the area and therefore pays the highest salaries for nurses.
Great professional and knowledgeable staff .
Patients come to FAHC from all over VT and upper NY state.
FAHC is an academic medical center with 430 + beds and a level 1 trauma center.

Cons

There is no real clinical ladder in place for registered nurses.
The hospital was unionized (RN's and LPN's) recently due to a variety of issues...staffing levels, low salaries, overtime, etc. Morale, hopefully, has increased since I left in 2006.
Working with the residents and interns can be problematic depending on your point of view......

Advice to Senior Management

Talk to staff and really communicate what is happening and what is projected to happen to FAHC>

Pros

Fletcher Allen Health Care is well known as one of Vermont's largest employers. There are a lot of growth opportunities at Fletcher Allen Health Care. The best thing about this organization is the number of different jobs available that will open up. Fletcher Allen encourages its employees to stick with a job for 6 months to a year before transferring to a different department, but during those 6 months to a year you can get some valuable experience for future jobs. This place is great especially because the healthcare industry is a safe and dependable industry to be in. Great place to work for Vermonters!

Cons

The parking situation at Fletcher Allen is TERRIBLE. Employees that work at the Main Hospital as well as University Health Care are forced to park in satellite lots and ride shuttles (school buses) to work.

Advice to Senior Management

Encourage more growth for employees within in the organization. Offer better compensation packages for tuition reimbursements.