American Nurses Association Reviews

Pros

Positive and professional working environment, that focuses on employee engagement and collaboration. A great place to work!

Cons

Thus far, all experiences have been positive.

Pros

I’ve been give opportunities to grow and had challenging work which has helped me to grow professionally. I feel appreciated for the work that I do, and that the work actually matters. The compensation and benefits are really good. Work life balance is of employees is respected. There are real efforts organizationally to address challenges. In my experience I have been treated respectfully and find that it’s actually...

Cons

It can be difficult to balance the goals for three different entities that all work together. Organizationally it’s hard to stop doing work that isn’t successful. It can be bureaucratic and difficult to advance ideas. It sometimes feels overly political. The experience can differ based on your manager.

Advice to Management

Continue to make progress on organizational values and make sure to hold people accountable.

Pros

Benefits and location. Some people who care about mission

Cons

management, value hype (good for employees but not managers and above)

Pros

An inclusive environment that embraces diversity. Mission focused organization working to improve the work lives of nurses and improve patient care. Newly named CEO is exceptional and is already moving to the organization to a great place!

Cons

Like any organization, transition in leadership is creating a new culture. It’s both good and bad in that the future is incredibly bright, but change is difficult for everyone.

Advice to Management

Keep of the new track the new CEO is setting!

Pros

Good benefits but those may be reduced soon due to financial problems plaguing the organization.

Cons

ANA has too many former nurses turned program managers ho should have stayed nurses. The 2.2 rating doesn't due it justice as many negative reviews, including one I added have been deleted. The Aug. 2 positive review is especially odd given that it happened one day after a round of layoffs. The culture is toxic and a great amount of time is spent covering your butt as back stabbing and finger point among middle and senior...

Advice to Management

Start replacing the VPs who have permitted the toxic culture and crack down on bullying. Bring in more people who understand how to run a business.

Pros

Great benefits. Office is closed the week between Christmas and New Years. Depending on who your supervisor is-you can have great work life balance.

Cons

Financial difficulties have resulted in recent layoffs. Other employees have to take up the slack for those employees who are gone, with no increase in salary. A large turnover in staff (laid off, and people who have quit) in the past 6 months. Low morale of staff. No chance for professional growth within the organization. It is very difficult to advance job wise.

Advice to Management

You are going to lose more people if you don't appreciate them more.

Pros

I worked at ANA for more than a year and it was a great experience- good team and leaders. A mission- driven organization for the most part. Going through a lot of change right now but headed in the right direction.

Cons

Every organization has its cons - and one of the biggest here is that some employees focus too much on the cons at times which creates obstacles to change and forward movement. It really is a good place to work.

Advice to Management

Keep on going with the changes you are putting in place. Recruit forward-thinking individuals with a positive outlook on business and life.

Pros

The best parts are the mission and the benefits, which are in jeopardy due to financial trouble across the org

Cons

Working at ANA genuinely made me depressed. The staff are made to join a union that is mismanaged and led by people looking to collect an easy paycheck. The line dividing staff in the union and “managers” is more like a chasm and the culture suffers for it greatly. It’s a shame that an org that runs programs aimed at improving workplace culture for nurses (Magnet, Pathway) has miserable employees and high turnover. Negligence...

Advice to Management

To the board: Leaders need to be held accountable for bad reviews high turnover. Your strategic plan can never be achieved when all the talent flies the coop.