Instead of good to great, IT is going from bad to worse - Senior IT Analyst Duke Health Employee Review

2.0
Aug 22, 2013
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Pros

Get to interact with wonderful clinical leadership; name recognition; easy commute to work

Cons

Bad middle management in IT and getting worse - analysts and leads are hard-working, senior leadership does not seem to recognize that many of the directors and managers are immature, gossipy, unnecessarily competive with each other, not hard working and just plain unprofessional. They do not act as a team which creates a very uncomfortable, sometimes hostile environment for the analysts, leads and even administrative assistants. Some IT directors undermine senior IT leadership on a regular basis by running to operational leadership to play political games and get what they want. Time to cut them all loose and build an honest, cohesive team in IT.

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Cons

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Pros

It's a pretty good starting point if you are wanting to get your foot in the door working on the administrative side of healthcare. Engaging with patients can be very rewarding and if you enjoy customer service (especially hospitality or food service) this can be a great role that feels similar to interacting with patrons, but you don't have to work weekends, there's very good benefits, and you don't have to work 12 hours a day.

Cons

There are a lot of issues both with Duke Hospital and the Eye Center itself. Duke University Hospital is on the college campus so you will have to pay for parking. You aren't paid well, even with the $20 minimum wage increase, it's still only about $40,000/year but with having to pay for parking... even the cheapest garage at $95 a month, that's $1,140 a year gone from your check. There is no "free" parking even close to the hospital, so they really screw you there. The Eye Center has struggled with processes in the clinic and management is run ragged. There are too many employees that don't care much for the job they are doing and Duke makes it incredibly difficult to hold those employees accountable and for management to make proper layoffs.

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