Indiana University Health Employee Reviews about "upper management"

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Upper management is always changing policies and procedures

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No one has the resources to do their job effectively. The overall culture is worn-out, defeated, and negative.

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Intern process was not very formal. Initial interview made the internship seem very exciting with many things to learn. However, the majority of the time the internship involved very very basic administrative tasks.

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Management needs an overhaul. Chances for advancement are only available if your “buds” with the boss. EAP is not helpful and there is literally nobody to turn to when the need to report unethical activity about your manager ensues! And the “no retaliation” rule does not apply if the office manager is in tight with upper management! The office environment can become mentally toxic to a person that has true morals and values when they are working with a manager that does not have good ethics!

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Not competitive pay at all. The upper management and mid level managers have lost touch with the bedside and their policies reflect such. They recently laid off several hundred employees leaving floors short staffed and nurse-patient ratios often times unsafe to manage. Advancement is not an option unless you are groomed by a person in mgmt. It is a growing trend that they will look to their 'friend' staff nurses to advance even before practicing as a nurse a year however they overlook some nurses that have been practicing for years and are a great resource for newer nurses on the unit. Managers do not 'get their hands dirty'. If we are swamped and short they can not be found...They have no trouble however pointing out that the 'hourly rounding sheet is not initialed' I believe this company may be a sinking ship. They developed more and more and bought up other hospitals..But they did not focus on their core or their employees. We went into this field to nurse and yet there seems to be a pull to leave the bedside and more younger nurses are encouraged to 'manage' or do 'charge' before they are even equipped with the skills to do so which leads to many of the workers feelings unappreciated and overworked by staffing set from a 'green' newer nurse that sees a budget tool and not the real picture. Assignments are not equal and fair. (I have been on several units and it is that way on all of the floors) There are not a lot of units besides OTU that value their nurses and have rich work relationships between their staff and physicians.

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The upper management care more about making their own pockets grow than the care of their customers. As shown by firing and then the exiting of many nurses because of the unsafe conditions in the critical areas of the hospital. Conditions were so bad that we had turned to organizing to obtain safe working conditions for our patients, patient families and ourselves.

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Corporate Supply Chain turnover is near 35% in the last 4 years. Team Lead, Director are micro managers and are clueless on the amount of time it actually takes to complete projects. Interview does not thouroughly explain the position and employees are struggling from the first day. Training is minimal except for ERP System basics. As turnover continues leadership is pushing projects to existing team members without budging timeline which ultimately makes them transfer as well. They will tell you its a 45hour work week to maintain work/life balance but realistically its 60+ to stay afloat, 65 to 70+ hours to complete adequately complete tasks.

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Iu health does not match fair market value for salary.

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Middle and upper management do not do very well with communicating with each other or staff which in turn trickles down to staff. There are too many cliques within the organization. Information does not get disseminated to staff timely or at all. The insurance benefits are pretty lousy given that one works within the hospital network.