Memorial Sloan-Kettering Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Memorial Sloan-Kettering full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great training experience for both industry and academic future

Cons – High cost of living in new york city

Advice to Senior Management – keep up the good work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Memorial Sloan-Kettering

Pros – a lot of work oppotunities and good culture

Cons – no gym to get excercise

Current Employee – been working at Memorial Sloan-Kettering full-time

Pros – MSKCC has a great mission, and the people who work here truly care about their patients and great cancer research.

Cons – It can be difficult to get things done because of bureaucratic issues. Communication across departments is not smooth at all.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to employee feedback and follow up on concerns!

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

Current Employee – been working at Memorial Sloan-Kettering full-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible work arangements and Tuition reimbursement.

Cons – -Some people are not very nice--dependant on service

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

Former Employee – worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – You get great retirement benefits

Cons – No one sits with you inperson when you are planning on retiring. All paperwork is done via email. It is very impersonable. There is no exit interview. No one wants to hear what you have to say.

Advice to Senior Management – Do all retirement discussions in person face to face, with HR not the persons immediate supervisor. Do exit interviews

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering full-time

Pros – good insurance,
top research institute
lots of seminars

Cons – you need to work hard

Former Employee – worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Benefits were great Co-workers were friendly and very helpful lots of things to learn.

Cons – To much work no work life balance. Lots of politics. Long hours. Merit increases were very low. Extremely hard to move up. Management needed to be change. Bring in new blood.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to hire more people, so it would be an even balance of work. Employees wouldnt get burned out from the job.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Memorial Sloan-Kettering full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great place to work and has many opportunies for employees to progress through the company.

Cons – Staffing is sometimes a problem.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire more workers for nightshift

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering full-time for less than a year

Pros – benefits and patient interaction, brand name organization

Cons – Frenetic fast pace environment, inadequate staff for volume of patients, poor training/mentorship from management. No interest in supporting a hard working, caring employee who by the shear volume and lack of training was set up to fail...
"At Will" termination with NO FORMAL performance appraisal or supervisory warning regarding performance concerns.

Advice to Senior Management – If serious concerns have the decency to sit down for formal discussion/ appraisal and outline improvement strategies with a timeline should performance not be attained. Don't just blind side with "At Will" termination just because you can.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Memorial Sloan-Kettering full-time for more than a year

Pros – Very academic, very state-of-the-art research, professional and smart people

Cons – as in all academic position, pretty poor pay, difficult to live in nyc, though housing is sponsored