Ascension Seton Employee Reviews about "seton"

Pros

Patient Ratios were always reasonable and patient safety was a focus.

Cons

After Ascension took over, the managers they hired were less nurse-centric, more worried about pleasing upper management at whatever the cost. The old, great managers ended up quitting or were let go. The old Seton functioned great. New Seton still gives good care but at the cost of the nurses. Also, Seton only hires new nurses. Rarely do they hire experienced nurses. Its the inexperienced teaching the brand new. Not safe.

Pros

Seton is run by very intelligent individuals who are focused on the long term viability of the hospitals. They are dedicated to their mission of providing the best possible patient care.

Cons

Seton is a great place to work so you have man people who have been working there for many years. Unfortunately, often times, people get comfortable and resist change. This has caused issues when we're trying to implement technological improvements.

Pros

Great staff, the best in the city in terms of the people you get to work with. We have the best doctors for an ED too. Our managers really care. Several nurses, RTs, and other clinical staff have been there forever. which makes it really feel like a family. There is a top-notch nurse residency for new nurses. There is also a very good transition fellowship if you are interested in transitioning to a new specialty.

Cons

The company was taking over by Ascension Health. Ascension is making things more corporate and this has an effect on morale. There is not much room to move up. We have had layoffs at least 3 times in the 10 years I have worked for the Seton network. I wanted to apply for an Infection Preventionist position but about a month before I could apply, the head of Infection Prevention was laid off because they eliminated her position. This made me scared to apply. I had friends try and apply for supervisor positions only to find out that the positions they were applying for were eliminated before they could even interview. They also eliminated jobs for Spanish interpreters, Social Workers, and Child Life specialists who are still greatly needed. These job eliminations put a lot more stress on nurses who have to do more and more with less and less.

Pros

The air conditioning in the of the non-profit Administrative building by Dell Children's had lovely offices on the top floor and assistance who help executives be connected "Austin FC" or marathons or what else is fun to talk about at parties.

Cons

-Your Staff get paid less than St. David's, BS&W, and ARA. -No Director -Capital budget gets shared with Nursing, Surgery, Lab, Respiratory, OR -You'll work for the COO of your site and their goals. Siloed by design. -Every year you get a letter saying don't use*your* HSA/FSA earning for things the Catholic church does not like (but no employer can actually prevent its use on birth control, IVF, vasectomy) -Equipment, on the whole, is the oldest in any central Texas hospital. --Upper administration is reactive; year's of letting BS&W invest in infrastructure while Seton spends money on surgeons pet projects that don't' make financial sense (e.g. equipment the surgeon gets bored of). Let me put it this way, they contract out all the radiologists (they're ARA) and ARA owns the PACS infrastructure in the hospital-think about what that means.

Pros

Seton leverages cutting edge techniques to resolve data discrepancy issues.

Cons

Poor work-life balance exists at workplace.

Pros

Insurance is the only good aspect of Seton; other than that I wouldn't recommend anyone work for Seton

Cons

Management is closed minded, they say its about Humancare but its more about the $$ I was told not to give an extra tray to an elderly man that haf been there all day with his wife even though he hadn't left her side and he was diabetic. Management even told me one time it was my fault that I got treated the way I do when all I did was show up early and work my backside off. Also management showed favortism towards seasoned employees and never eanted to hear both sides.