Sutter Health Reviews

Pros

The salary and benefits package is great. Plenty of access to and communication from senior leaders. Ability to transfer between locations and stay with the company is good.

Cons

While promotion is from within-getting noticed can be a challenge. Certain facilities seem to get a lot of attention and others don't.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue the great communication and visiblity

Pros

Working with nice people and great patients.

Cons

Everyday some management personnel are let go, revolving door. Management has absolutely no respect for the employees, many of us who have worked here for over 20 years. Hey Sutter, you cancelled our Holiday party, but a card acknowledging that we employees work hard and are committed to our patients would have been nice gesture.

Advice to Senior Management

RESPECT YOUR EMPLOYEES...LET'S BE A TEAM.

Pros

Stable company to work at

Cons

Most job positions outside of area.

Pros

Affilites were great emloyers as well as headquarters, ONLY livermore needs major revamp re honesty and integrity

Cons

Livermore was extremely unfair and biased, too much favoritism

Advice to Senior Management

BE FAIR and HONEST....

Pros

Interesting and important work. Good people. Good pay and benefits. Reasonable chance to remain viable at its current or a larger over the coming decade.

Cons

Intermittant lay-offs. So-so communication below senior managment levels. Decision-making can be agonizingly slow. Too little focus on follow through on initiatives.

Advice to Senior Management

Strategy lacks focus.

Pros

Opportunity, employees, benefits, good communication.

Cons

Reactive environment, partially due to nature of business not just a symptom of my mgmt.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue recognition program, reduce # of meetings

Pros

Allows independence, provides support and good training

Cons

Lower salaries, one of few non union hospital based agencies

Advice to Senior Management

Appreciate your continued effort to listen to your employees

Pros

They care about their employees

Cons

Not sure about all the different carreer possibilities within Sutter

Pros

It's a job in this economy. Better a job than none. Initially viewed the organization as progressive and one to work for. Very much an old boy club with a few woman managers who are not yes people.

Cons

Overall, I came to this organization because of it's compassion but, it lacks luster and has gone done substantially since my employment. Now, we're embarking on another potential mass layoff of employees. The organization does not appreciate an open dialogue with staff. Some of the leadership view any dissent agreement to as negative. Staff experiences repercussions for speaking up if it does coincide with the mandate from senior leadership

Advice to Senior Management

Separate performance reviews from the financials. Value employee input. Disengage from the militaristic policy of the enterprise rules.

Pros

The benefits are good - health, dental, vision. I've worked with some really great people and there is room for advancement.

Cons

With any large matrixed organization, it is sometimes difficult to get past the bureaucracy, processes; sometimes too much structure is cumbersome.