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    Brigham and Women's Hospital Reviews

    Updated July 16, 2018
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    Brigham and Women's Hospital President Elizabeth G. Nabel
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    198 Ratings

    646 Employee Reviews

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    Pros

    • "provide Good benefits and Good health coverage" (in 53 reviews)

    • "great benefits, easy commute, great people" (in 45 reviews)

    Cons

    • "Very low pay for work that’s requested" (in 20 reviews)

    • "Little room for growth in clinical labs" (in 10 reviews)

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    1. "Excellent"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Senior Program Coordinator in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Senior Program Coordinator in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Brigham and Women's Hospital full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Benefits are some of the best !!!!

      Cons

      It has the problems inherent in any large bureracy.

      Advice to Management

      It is difficult to know what to say ....

    2. "Core manager"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Brigham and Women's Hospital full-time

      Pros

      Flexiblility, more secured, great health insurance

      Cons

      Not well paid, annoying administrative work sometimes

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    3. "Practice Coodinator"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Boston, MA
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Brigham and Women's Hospital full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great benefits, plenty of opportunities hospital wide, not typically within your department. Great perks and many employee appreciation events

      Cons

      Very big place to work, hard to make connects however there are job coaches and various resources available via HR if you want to make connections with a mentor. Since it is a hospital many of the offices that involve working with patients have no flexibility with scheduling.

    4. "Perfect first job after Bachelor's"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Clinical Research Coordinator in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Clinical Research Coordinator in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Brigham and Women's Hospital full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      -Networking is amazing
      -On job learning is top notch
      -Friendly staff who are passionate about job
      -Lots of room for growth
      -great benefits

      Cons

      pay is low- almost insulting but benefits make up for it

      Advice to Management

      Increase pay
      better inter department communication with hiring process

    5. "Cardiovascular technologist"

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      Current Employee - Cardiovascular Technologist in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Cardiovascular Technologist in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Brigham and Women's Hospital full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Best place to work. Pensions and healthcare benefits

      Cons

      Not much I can say about the Brigham

      Advice to Management

      Raise the present rate of raises

    6. "CNA"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Brigham and Women's Hospital full-time

      Pros

      Excellent benefits and great staff, annual bonuses usually available around the holidays and annual raises

      Cons

      Working clinically sometimes you have to stay past required hours and it's difficult to find coverage for short notice vacation or sick time.

    7. "Pharmacist"

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      Current Employee - Pharmacist in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Pharmacist in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Brigham and Women's Hospital full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      great coworkers and plenty of hours available.

      Cons

      hard to commute and evening and weekends are required.

    8. "Medical resident just starting"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Medical Resident in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Medical Resident in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Brigham and Women's Hospital full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      - Great from both a clinical and research standpoint
      - Staff is personable for the most part

      Cons

      - No issues since I started working

    9. "Resident"

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      Current Employee - Resident Physician in Boston, MA
      Current Employee - Resident Physician in Boston, MA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Brigham and Women's Hospital full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Terrific Research, Academic Research Infrastructure, Interesting patients, rare diseases.

      Cons

      Relatively disgruntled nursing/tech staff. Very heavy interest in research - sometimes at expense of cliincal duties.

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Senior Administrative Assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Brigham and Women's Hospital full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      It is an excellent organization to work for.

      Cons

      If you have an illness and use up the short term/long term disability; when returning to work you have to reapply and get rejected for having a that medical conditional

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