Fred Hutch Cancer Center Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Cons

Still a relatively new company that has taken on too much too quickly and has serious procedure issues that management refuses to fix. Now that they are both a research and healthcare institution, these foundational process flaws have become much more apparent and directly affect patient care. When these issues are brought up, they are ignored and employees are punished if they notice them. They put money into unnecessary luxuries like a self-parking car garage and valet which is rarely used instead of actual patient care. This also means standard pay is very low and raises, bonuses, or promotions do not exist. There are also no formal performance reviews or efforts to provide positive feedback. Employee exhaustion is common and entire groups (i.e. the poorly managed breast team) have quit at one time due to burn out. It can be very difficult to work at an institution that is growing so quickly and yet refuses to change at all despite consistent concern and discontent from their employees. Instead of wanting to improve their systems or seek feedback from their employees, they choose to burn through as many people as possible because this is simply easier than addressing all of their foundational issues. I do not know many people who have lasted.

Cons

No women equality. The glass ceiling definitely exists which is why I have seen women employees leaving. Even after promotion, there is no clarity when the salary raise will happen. Very ambiguous process I would say. Additionally, if the salary raise happens, it is lesser in comparison with the male counterparts. As a woman, I am saying this after thorough research. This has lead to lower morale and motivation even if the mission is for a good cause, I would still want to go to a place where my work is valued.