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    Palomar Health Reviews

    Updated May 31, 2018
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    Palomar Health Interim President and CEO Diane Hansen
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    Pros

    • "Good benefits, you may get a lot of hours since a lot of people call out every day" (in 6 reviews)

    • "Compensation, new hospital, coworkers, close to home" (in 6 reviews)

    Cons

    • "All this activity based leadership just confuses and in some cases can interfere with patient care" (in 7 reviews)

    • "Upper management is not trusted and it seems as if they are running the organization in the ground" (in 6 reviews)

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    1. "Great place"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Home Health Aide in Escondido, CA
      Current Employee - Home Health Aide in Escondido, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Palomar Health full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      You can choose your hours

      Cons

      Patients death means you lose hours and it can take sometime to replace them

    2. "Food service"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Palomar Health full-time

      Pros

      love Helping patients feel better

      Cons

      Lack of communication from managers.

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    3. "Registered Nurse"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Palomar Health part-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      This organization is really built on quality employees. This is one of the main reasons I've stayed as I have. Beautiful new facility in a convenient location. Flexible organization structure with potential for advancement and career growth

      Cons

      Challenging aspects of working here: at times challenging regulatory environment and organizational reaction. Growing pains of the community-based multi facility Health system

      Advice to Management

      Tried to make organizational decisions more evident to the bedside nurse. Sometimes it feels like it is difficult to see the forest through the trees. Organizational steering could be more transparent

    4. "Great company to work with"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Palomar Health full-time

      Pros

      Flex hours, friendly work environment

      Cons

      minimum advancement in your career

    5. "Great place to work"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      culture, benefits, stability, beautiful facility

      Cons

      Salary was not competitive enough

    6. "A place of uncertainty"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Palomar Health full-time

      Pros

      Great coworkers and it feels like a family environment.

      Cons

      Upper management is not trusted and it seems as if they are running the organization in the ground. The individuals who are responsible for the financial problems seem to get a promotion and raise while staff is being let go.

      Advice to Management

      There needs to be a complete overhaul and transparency.

    7. "Food and nutrition department"

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      Current Employee - Food Service in San Marcos, CA
      Current Employee - Food Service in San Marcos, CA
      Doesn't Recommend

      I have been working at Palomar Health part-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Good benefits, you may get a lot of hours since a lot of people call out every day

      Cons

      there is A LOT of favoritism

      Advice to Management

      hire more dishwashers

    8. "Great experience"

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      Former Employee - Emergency Department Technician in Escondido, CA
      Former Employee - Emergency Department Technician in Escondido, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Palomar Health full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Fairly strong union, great benefits, lots of opportunities for mobility and training if you seek it, basically unlimited overtime if you want.

      Cons

      Slightly lower pay than other San Diego county hospitals, lots of useless mandatory trainings, inefficient patient flow processes. Upper management doesn’t even pretend to care about patient care, only talk about numbers and productivity.

      Advice to Management

      At least pretend to give a sh!t about the patients.

    9. "Change has been good for Palomar"

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      Current Employee - Registered Nurse in Escondido, CA
      Current Employee - Registered Nurse in Escondido, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Palomar Health full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      New management team is doing some things.

      I’ve been here for many years and it’s the first time that layoffs didn’t impact the people who do the real work, which was a pleasant surprise.

      Cons

      Many people who’ve been here for a long time who are just collecting a paycheck. Prior CEO was clueless and was invisible to the front line staff.

      Advice to Management

      Please continue to hold people accountable. People are starting to see the impact of getting rid of some dead weight a few months ago. Reward good performance and get rid of bad apples.

    10. "Marketing Manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Palomar Health full-time

      Pros

      Good patient stories
      Medical field
      Good benefits

      Cons

      Manager poorly
      Bad directors are protected with a 6-month severance
      Toxic culture

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