St. John Health System Reviews

Pros

Awesome and immediate benefits
Pay is decent
Job security is almost guaranteed
Training is typically pretty great, seeing as how it's healthcare

Cons

Constantly short-staffed, so you have to work a lot harder to make up for it
Management is pressured with money issues, like most big companies
Management doesn't always have time to listen to the "little people"
Not much appreciation shown for doing a good job
Tons of favoritism

Advice to Senior Management

Keep places fully staffed, you're screwing your employees over (and we know it) when you don't bother to get somebody hired for months at a time. Work out some way to show appreciation.

Pros

Large company, plenty of room for growth opportunities, can change jobs frequently, lots of good people, good location at Utica Square

Cons

Some of the floors need revamping, management needs to continue getting rid of bad eggs. Let people catch up with all of the changes being made before continuing more. Stop making changes (ie: new policies) that don't make sense or matter to what is really important, patient care.

Advice to Senior Management

On my floor, at least, keep up the good work

Pros

The corporate climate is nice; however, some senior leaders do not hold true to the values.

Cons

The director I worked for was under qualified, and the worst supervisor I have ever worked for.

Advice to Senior Management

Take a look at the directors.

Pros

Tulsa is a great city with a reasonable cost of living and pleasant environment. Most of the equipment at saint johns has been updated recently, and many areas are newly remodeled

Cons

Little to no loyalty to employees. Steadily decreasing Paid time Off, incentive pay, and no employee bonuses at the nursing level. Poor upper management decisions and cost cutting has led to overall poor morale, and a volatile work environment. While patients are often presented as numbers or a means to meet budget, employees are seen as Full time Equivalents to be cut and reduced prior to making higher or more strategical cost saving measures. High turnover and little core staff further stress the work environment and degrade patient care.

Advice to Senior Management

From a employee point of view it appears saint john has used the current economy and threat of a dismal job market to cut employee benefits and treat employees in a way that would not have been accepted a short time ago. While these cuts provide a short term savings, the long term damage to morale takes away what i once enjoyed about working here.

Pros

Reference lab work gives a laboratory technician the opportunity to see testing not normally available in smaller facilities. Several older, experienced Medical Technologists are willing to work with newer techs and share knowledge.

Cons

The work is fast paced, assembly style. It's impossible to truly give your best to each specimen and ensure quality laboratory results are released. You're expected to run non-stop from the moment you walk in until time to go home. There's no time to enjoy the work and the coworkers. People are constantly mad at each other over petty stuff. There's no communication. Training is minimal. Upper management has no concept of what being on the bench is really like. The hours are horrible. It's difficult to take any time off. Turnover is out of control. The bathrooms and break rooms are quite a distance from the work area. Promotions are non-existent. Upper management makes promises they don't keep. The atmosphere is toxic.

Advice to Senior Management

Staff appropriately. Adjust pay rates to match those of other laboratories in Oklahoma. Reward and recognize employees. Spend time on the bench with the techs. See what is involved. Listen to the staff. Some people are just warm bodies and need to be fired. Give the staff the tools they need to do their jobs.

Pros

Experience, people in the group are helpful with problem solving and documentation...sharepoint was helpful...people in my group were awesome. overall i got the experience i needed to get a better job that pays more and less drama between the management and the employees...

Cons

Lay-off's thanks guys! i found something similar that pays a hell of alot more...some of the management don't have a backbone or don't do anything to earn their pay they waste their time griping out employees when they have no idea what the hell they are talking about...raises are not based on performance instead you get a letter saying you'll get a 1-3% raise so don't work extra hard you'll still get the shaft.....St Johns must really be broke to do layoffs they just made an offer to buy out OSU Medical Center!

Advice to Senior Management

theres not much feedback i would give the Senior Management, they won't listen to anyone's opinions

Pros

St John is great when it comes to getting an easy paycheck. The work is not difficult but dealing with the people looking over you sometimes can be. Your peers are good people and you will enjoy working with them. You are given a lot of paid time off and trust me you will want to use it to get away.

Cons

St John will NOT give you a raise, promotion, or bonus. Just do your job because going above and beyond will only be rewarded with a pat on the back and a stupid piece of paper. IT support is divided and they do not tell the other branches what is going on. Desktop is constantly being micro managed and you will eventually dread what special assignment you will be given when you come into work.

Advice to Senior Management

pay attention to your departments, everyone on desktop hates their management so ask why, deal with problem employees instead of just slapping them on the hand sometimes people need to be fired

Pros

The profits we make are used by our parent company to support charitable work in the Tulsa area. The equipment is new and user friendly. The test volume and menu give us the opportunity to perform a variety of tests not normally seen in a hospital lab.

Cons

The directors, administrator and president do not respect the employees. The administrator and president are not available and rarely are seen in the lab. We are pushed to perform a heavy workload.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to the suggestions of the people working on the bench. Reconfigure the lab to gain the best use of space. The current layout makes the workload harder. Show respect and appreciation to the employees. A few kind words would go far.