Brigham and Women's Hospital Reviews

Pros

Many available resources for employees

Cons

Not all departments are innovative

Pros

Fair pay Full suite of optional benefits, health insistence is around $45 a month, dental and eye are each around $1-2 dollars a month. Inexpensive life and disability insurance. Accessible location by public transit, 50% public transport discount, and free hospital busses with many routes Most of the other people working there are really nice. I have many good coworkers I’m thankful for No drug testing upon hiring. Recreational marijuana use is legal is Massachusetts but not federally Big organization, lots of departments and jobs (over 75000 employees in the Mass health Brigham system) Chemistry department shifts run 8:30 hours with overlap, and you’ve got 30 minutes of breakfast in the morning, and an hour for lunch. Chemistry is pretty generous, most other departments like micro average about 15-30 minutes fewer. You’re on the clock for 8.5 hours, you’re paid for 8 hours, and you work for 7 hours

Cons

You’re most over directly monitored by a supervisor working in the same area as you. Helpful, but always being seen means no slacking off Work is super automated so everything you’re doing is operating the machines and making sure the information is entered and that all tests are accounted for. Very little hands-on work Local area is very expensive to live, rent for apartments I’ve browsed range from $800-1500 for living with roommates to $1200-1800 for living alone a month My commute is an hour, and I live 4 miles as the crow flies from the hospital. I leave for work at 6:30am and get home at 5:00pm. That’s 10:30 hours, and it’s noticeably long Very few young people (under 30) in managemer and supervisor roles

Pros

The benefits are really the perk of working in a hospital system - healthcare is phenomenal and access feels easy. There's a generally proud and positive attitude at BWH.

Cons

For those wanting to feel like part of a community at work, it can be easy to feel lost in such a large system.

Pros

Great Benefits. Stimulating environment. Lots of opportunities.

Cons

It can be hard to learn how to manage up of you have a bad boss.

Pros

Good culture and opportunities for growth

Cons

Lower pay than comparable research jobs

Pros

Educational advancement encouraged, effective follow through with management, standardized protocols and workflows, benefits

Cons

Parking situation was inconvenient, but not an issue

Pros

Transportation, good coworkers, free lunches after meetings

Cons

Bad pay, terrible management, toxic work environment, I could go on

Pros

Friendly and happy place to work

Cons

When hired, research assistants were told after one year with good standing of clocking in/out we would be converted to salary instead of hourly. They changed their policy and we had to begin clocking in and out again.