UPMC Reviews

I have been working at UPMC

Pros – job security, money, prestige, experience, global presence

Cons – long hours, short lunches, under apperciated

Advice to Senior Management – You cannot afford to stop accepting Highmark insurance in 2013 as a significant portion of patients have it. Secondly, corporate must realize that quantity does not produce quality, you cannot have it both ways.

I worked at UPMC

Pros – -You can pick your own shifts.
-If you are outgoing, you can interact with doctors and physician assistants that will give you opportunities to shadow them, which is great for college students planning to go into healthcare.
-Work with some great people who care about their patients...until they get burnt out.

Cons – Morale is way down. Understaffed and cannot keep up with the hotel like stay that is expected. High stress. Management is out of touch. UPMC health plan is garbage - very high deductibles and cannot see any doctors outside of UPMC. Raises were deferred two years to the point where new hires were making more than those with years of experience. Low pay compared to retirement communities.

Advice to Senior Management – UPMC used to be a good place to work, but with new policies and advertisements in place, the hospital is burning a lot of good employees out. Focus more on team building and not being as bureaucratic as possible, increase pay to pa market rates, and actually staff the units.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at UPMC

Pros – Benefits are great at UPMC.

Cons – Pay isn't so good and very strict about time off. Difficult to move up in the company.

I have been working at UPMC

Pros – Flexible schedule when needed for children's school holidays but only in certain positions.

Cons – Rigid minimum qualificatioexns for advancement are at times unfair to long term employees and to those with equivalent experience who do not match the job posting to the letter. The pay for our lower level clinical workers is shameful. Political.

I worked at UPMC

Pros – Good benefits and my salary was very fair.

Cons – Informaiton hoarding, jobs not posted but rather offered to the "preferred employees". When I tried to leave I was told by my DIRECTOR that of she found out who I was going to work for she would have the company and I "blackballed" from the industry. If you decide to leave DO NOT divulge any information about where you are going or why you are leaving.

Advice to Senior Management – see above about posting posting jobs, and informaiton hoarding.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at UPMC

Pros – UPMC - WPIC may be a good place to start or intern, if you have a strong interest in mental health. Time off and benefits are pretty good. May look good on your resume. Much needed work.

Cons – High turnover, mandatory overtime, little recognition, support or respect from management. Culture of fear and mistrust, inadequate staffing. Poor mangement and employee development. You are on your own if not favored by mgmt.

Advice to Senior Management – Increase staffing, morale, pay and incentives. Show you really care about your mission.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at UPMC

Pros – Big/familiar name.
U. of Pittsburgh tuition reimbursement.
Great healthcare system.

Cons – Poor parking (not provided).
Non-negotiable salary/compensation.

Advice to Senior Management – Give more bargaining to various departments/HR that do the hiring.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at UPMC

Pros – Work/Life Balence
PTO
Skills development and training

Cons – -Job classification and compensation across UPMC are not fair or consistent leading to alot of morale issues
-Lack of recognition
-Medical benefits are not all that good for this type of a company
-Political issues in upper management
-Parking costs

Advice to Senior Management – Review HR and corporate compensation policies. Not everyone that works in IT is part of ISD and those who aren't part of ISD seem to be paid unfairly even when it is proven what their level of job responsiblities are and how they compare to other ISD positions.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at UPMC

Pros – Big corporation, well known in community.

Cons – Temp workers treated poorly in many depts, though not all. Majority of temp recruiters refuse to respond to multiple emails requesting new job availability, even when temps email them dozens of times a month, many times going 3 months with no response from a recruiter. Then with new policy as of June 1st, if a temp doesn't work in 3 months they can be terminated, as though they refused to work. Temp management makes excuses. Temps terminated by letter, then a few days later their payroll records and email accounts are deleted without warning. Calls to management are often ignored. Temps are now penalized when recruiters don't contact them and won't respond to employees' multiple emails. Also even after working as a temp for over a year or more, temps don't get insurance, vacation or even paid holidays.

Advice to Senior Management – Make it mandatory for temp recruiters to respond to employees' emails within 3-4 days. Violations, through employee complaints, should result in written warnings, verbal warnings, and then harsher consequences if the pattern is repetitive. Temp employees should not be terminated as a result of recruiters' lack of communication. Temp employees should be treated like human beings. Depts that request temps shouldn't expect temps to do everyone else's job for them and theirs as well, or duties that weren't included in job requirements when offering the job and then suddenly it's a whole different kind of job that the temp or recruiter weren't aware of.. Temps should at least get paid holidays and after working for more than 1 year should get paid vacation and insurance. When a job is ending, the recruiter should contact the temp to see if they're available for another job.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at UPMC

Pros – Opportunities for advancement are immense in the right field and if you are in the 'in' crowd. It's very much a click network.

Cons – Once you reach the top you tend to have a target on your head. Routine layoff's of upper manement are the norm.

Advice to Senior Management – Stabalize the organization. Too many people are scared of being layed off as is the history of UPMC. You are the econonomic driver of the city, and the 2nd largest employer of the state.