Pros
Big company, opportunity for lateral moves and growth potential. They honored our years of service and time off accural, except for our sick time that we had all accrued for years, that went down the toilet. They seem to have similar interests in patient care, meeting the needs of the patient first. Shouldn't all healthcare systems do this, though?
Cons
With such a large organization, communication and getting everyone on the same page can be a huge challenge. They sent us this huge compensation package to explain our new benefits that we had to sign up for when the merger happened. Then right after we signed up, I mean about 1 week later, they cut costs to everyone in the company and took away benefits that we promised not just to us, but to their own long-time employees as well. We ended up with less time off per year, short-term disability was only 66% of our paycheck, not 100%, tuition reimbursement was effected, raises were effected. I suppose this is better than layoffs, of course, but even with these budget cuts and the others that we are implementing at this time, they still waste money with paper products and promotional crap! I get post-cards in the mail about nothing, could have been sent in an email. The patients get a color folder of promotional material about Banner when they are admitted, I can't tell you how many of them don't look at it and even leave it in the room after they are discharged! If they want the patients to have a better experience, take better care of the staff so they are happy and it's easier to take care of the patients. Trustme, a well fed, well peed nurse who has been listened to is much better than a bitter, hungry, low blood-sugared, full-bladdered RN with a list of complaints to management and they are always at "meetings."
