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    Children's Hospital Los Angeles Reviews

    Updated July 20, 2017
    166 reviews

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    Children's Hospital Los Angeles President and CEO Paul S. Viviano
    Paul S. Viviano
    27 Ratings

    166 Employee Reviews

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    Pros

    • Great coworkers and environment to work in (in 7 reviews)

    • Great people and the mission of the institution keeps things in perspective (in 6 reviews)

    Cons

    • Wages are low despite cost of living reviews (in 5 reviews)

    • Excellent place to work, I have no cons (in 7 reviews)

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    1. "work"

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      Current Employee - ACR I in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - ACR I in Los Angeles, CA

      I have been working at Children's Hospital Los Angeles full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Is a good place to work for

      Cons

      i have no cons so far

    2. Helpful (1)

      "Could Be Better"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Project Coordinator in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Project Coordinator in Los Angeles, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Children's Hospital Los Angeles full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      CHLA has a great reputation when it comes to patient care. It's on the top 10 list in the nation. I love my dept and most of the people I work with.

      Cons

      CHLA is a non-profit organization and therefore the pay does not compare to other employers like Kaiser, County jobs, or other private hospitals. I have been here for over 5 yrs and I cannot afford $1200-1500 rent on my salary. There are no raises. COLA's are given to Administrative Staff after supervisors and managers have to convince dept directors that we deserve them and this occurs every year.

      Advice to Management

      Some directors can be extremely unfair to administrative staff.

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    3. Helpful (1)

      "IT Department in turmoil"

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      Former Employee - IT Department in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - IT Department in Los Angeles, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Children's Hospital Los Angeles full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      CHLA's mission is second to none.
      Most of the staff will do a much as they can for the patients and the clinical staff.
      Pay was pretty good. Some leaders, now gone, tried to make it right.

      Cons

      Almost entire IT leadership team has been laid off or left after current CIO returned to CHLA in October. Multiple "Reorgs" reducing leadership staff by over 15 directors. Heard the new CTO that just hired on in March resigned already. That's 2 CIO's and now 3 CTO's since September. CIO seems to be making change for the sake of change with no apparent direction.
      HR is not an employee friend
      POLITICS AND EGOS

      Advice to Management

      Hospital leadership needs to get control of IT before it all falls over.

      Children's Hospital Los Angeles Response

      Jun 30, 2017 – Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant

      We appreciate your thoughts and thank you for your honest feedback.

    4. "Postdoctoral Research Fellow"

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      Former Employee - Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Los Angeles, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Children's Hospital Los Angeles full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Not a place for research and scientist career

      Cons

      A lot of equipments are too old to functionally work and CHLA allows PI pays lower than NIH grade wage to Postdoc

    5. Helpful (8)

      "Shadow of a leader"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Los Angeles, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Children's Hospital Los Angeles full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Amazing nursing staff with a passion for their patients. Family focused environment with the goal to make being in a hospital as easy as possible.

      Cons

      Mass exodus of top leadership resulting in promotion of staff unprepared to lead and hiring of individual senior leaders not part of a "team." It's sad to see the progress made over the last several years dismantled so quickly. Mood Elevator way low there...

      Children's Hospital Los Angeles Response

      Jun 30, 2017 – Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant

      First of all, thanks for taking the time to provide us your feedback. We take this seriously and would be interested in having a dialog with you to better understand your issues and see if we can... More

    6. "Registered nurse"

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      Former Employee - Staff RN in Hollywood, CA
      Former Employee - Staff RN in Hollywood, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Children's Hospital Los Angeles part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Challenging, complex patients, intelligent coworkers, new facility, many opportunities for collaboration and research. Always seeing something new, learning something new.

      Cons

      Challenging to get vacation time approved, consistently dealing with catty coworkers and lead nurses that make life hard just to make life hard

      Advice to Management

      Use a secretary to do the lead RN job responsibilities aside from charge RN

      Children's Hospital Los Angeles Response

      Mar 14, 2017 – Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant

      Thanks for taking the time to review us on Glassdoor. We’re happy to hear you are challenged and satisfied by your work. If you have any issues you’d like to discuss with us in HR, please feel free... More

    7. "HIM clerk"

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      Former Employee - Clerk in Los Angeles, CA
      Former Employee - Clerk in Los Angeles, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Children's Hospital Los Angeles full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Best place to take your child for special care.

      Cons

      The employees were not treated with respect by supervisors.

      Advice to Management

      Be more understanding. Look for the good and not always the bad in your employees.

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Meaningful Work Place"

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      Current Employee - Administrative Assistant II in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Administrative Assistant II in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Children's Hospital Los Angeles full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Happy work environment, you leave work knowing you made an impact on a child's life and his family. Overall good health benefits for the employee but not for the family.

      Cons

      No raise beside the 2% COLA(Cost of Living) yearly. Difficult to obtain a promotion within the same department.

      Children's Hospital Los Angeles Response

      Mar 14, 2017 – Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant

      We love our culture here as well, so it’s always nice to hear that employees find the work environment to be happy and rewarding. Thanks for all you do.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "A good experience overall"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Los Angeles, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Children's Hospital Los Angeles full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      I'm part of a supportive department that encourages growth. The hospital seems to value what we do. Great people on staff overall. I believe in the mission and dedication to children and families. Overall, as "fun" an atmosphere as you can get, given that it's a hospital treating kids with serious illnesses.

      Cons

      Salaries are not the highest you will find, but they are getting more competitive in an effort to retain talent.

      Advice to Management

      I love the way the CEO, Paul, is visible and approachable. I definitely appreciate your efforts to recognize the work we do as dedicated employees. Thanks for making CHLA a great place to work overall. Keep those little perks coming! :)

      Children's Hospital Los Angeles Response

      Dec 15, 2016 – Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant

      First of all, thanks so much for everything you do to support our mission and to serve our population. You are the reason CHLA is a world renowned institution. And thanks for taking the time to share... More

    10. Helpful (1)

      "ACF Technician"

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      Current Employee - ACF Technician in Los Angeles, CA
      Current Employee - ACF Technician in Los Angeles, CA
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Children's Hospital Los Angeles full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      CHLA is a prestigious hospital on the cutting edge of providing the best care for the most complex medical cases.

      Cons

      Pay is not sufficient to survive living any kind of life in Los Angeles. Not even close. Really bad when over half of your monthly check goes to pay rent. That leaves you with half of a check for a month. No can do. But they tell us that we are very important, greatly appreciated, and the operation couldn't function without us. That's nice.

      Advice to Management

      Need to improve salary to non-executive employees. Not sure how well nursing staff is compensated, but in a couple years my salary will be minimum wage.

      Children's Hospital Los Angeles Response

      Dec 15, 2016 – Sr. Talent Acquisition Consultant

      We're sorry to hear about your frustration with the pay at CHLA. We strive to be competitive and offer the best compensation packages we can to our employees. If you want to provide us with further... More

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