Oregon Health & Science University Reviews in Portland, OR Area

Pros

Deep Tri-Met discount, autonomy while on the job, great views!

Cons

unions = merit based work gets trumped by seniority. I love public transit, but if you want to drive and park your car at work, this isn't the place.

Advice to Senior Management

I know it is hard to run a hospital like a business, but the unions are not doing you any favors when it comes to the retail branches of OHSU.

Pros

Pay and benefits are better than most companies in oregon

Cons

It is so big that some employees can get lost

Advice to Senior Management

be more personable

Pros

Great program director and associate dean who are always available to students;
Great location - public transportation is readily available;
A more comprehensive set of courses for students

Cons

Lack of internal collaborations;
Journal clubs are not student-oriented;
No student career center;

Advice to Senior Management

Encourage internal communications and collaborations - there are a lot of labs that will produce great work as a team.

Pros

Very complex work environment, which makes learning more interesting than at a smaller healthcare organization; wonderful people; very smart senior leaders; positive work environment

Cons

A lot of information does not trickle down to lower level employees or front line staff--senior leaders need to be more transparent and visible; parking is expensive, IF you can get a spot on the hill at all!

Pros

Worked at OHSU Foundation. Good salary. Great benefits. If you have a good mgr, can be great place to work. OHSU's mission is def inspiring. Raising money for important causes and smart scientists is rewarding. Doernbecher mission is amazing. Location on Marquam (or downtown office) nice, easy to get to. Nice downtown office, remodeled recently.

Cons

HR is a joke -- they reward non-performers and create busy work for all. There are managers that everyone (including senior leaders and even HR) knows are bad at managing people, but they do nothing and even promote. Most employees don't go to HR anymore because we remember a few people who have been burned from going to them.

Biggest weakness is sr leadership.....lots of secrecy and annual reorgs. Closed door meetings and HR in the mix means "something is up," common phrase uttered by the cube class. Hahaha!! HR-senior management in cahoots with lots of crazy reorgs that create increasing levels of middle management. Some admins have 5 or 6 bosses -- alot for a place with 100 employees.

Doernbecher is a crazy storm. Turnover there is outrageous, yet leadership problems persist. Everyone knows about it too.

Advice to Senior Management

Rethink HR's function. Should HR be defending management or empowering employees? It's clear whats been chosen.

Less talking about change and more making change.

Enough with the consultant crutch. Don't know what to do? Let's pay $50,000 to consultants! Waste of what is ultimately donor money.

Pros

great community.
if you are lucky, like I am, you will have a great manager.

Cons

politics as usual
parking sucks
Christmas party sucks

Advice to Senior Management

list to your employees. you are almost bad as the politicians.

Pros

Great patients, some of the coworkers are wonderful, some exciting medical research

Cons

Limited ability to navigate the multiple systems at detriment of the patient. Siloed EHR programs.

Advice to Senior Management

Larger effort to protect back during floor work that includes a no-lift policy that goes beyond just vocalization.

Pros

good benefits, client population, good coworkers

Cons

Some management are entrenched and cannot expand beyond their narrow views, so at time felt the floor felt marginalized. The greatest con was the lateral violence that occurred for new nurses to start and work in the department. Older nurses were brutal. It was a horrible start and stayed that way for about 2 years.

Advice to Senior Management

Work assimilating new nurses in an environment that promotes transparency and allow sharing without fear of retribution.

Pros

This varies widely depending on where you work and what capacity you work in within the hospital. I worked in research and enjoyed it. Fortunately I worked with great people. Also, I enjoyed the food options there and the campus is beautiful during the warmer months.

Cons

Unless you are there 5+ years, good luck getting a parking pass. If you drive, want to park at work and are relatively new there you will need to fork $10 a day to park on the hill. I spent a fortune working there for a year. Charging employees the same high rate as anyone else is very unfortunate.

Advice to Senior Management

Make parking more realistic for employees who do not want to take the bus.

Pros

By far the best thing about working at OHSU is the city of Portland. The people at OSHU are very conscientious about their work and generally very helpful and friendly.

Cons

OHSU constantly struggles with financial concerns. It's tough to tell if that's from its pathetic upper management of the University or its paltry endowment. Either way the school seems to be perennially struggling to cut corners.

Advice to Senior Management

Catch a clue about long-term financial stability and stop trying to cure cancer in a week.