Providence Health & Services Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

Mission driven work; patient care most important; management encourages work-life balance

Cons

big companies take too long to initiate changes

Pros

Staff is very helpful and good. Nurses stick together.

Cons

Work/life balance schedule, time off

Pros

Providence has been a very supportive place to work with good work life balance and a sense of caring for the community. The hiring managers are on the whole good folks.

Cons

They outsourced the entire recruiting function. The bureaucracy can be tiresome.

Advice to Management

You can't hire a million supplemental employees in this market. Encourage folks to hire some FTE you can retain.

Pros

Great place to work for, management is really supportive and they really value work life balance

Cons

No room for growth

Pros

-There are some talented peers and caregivers here. -Flex time off for senior leaders is a nice design even though none of the leaders can make use of it. -Some caregivers, mostly clinicians, practice the mission and values in their daily work. -Gym in Renton is nice. Other places not so much. -HQ is located in a semi-convenient commute location as compared with dense downtown locations with other local... corporate giants.

Cons

-Careful taking a position here in 2019 or beyond. Plenty of layoffs and reduction in force are happening and planned as the system progresses through the next strategic plan. Don't quit that other organization just yet unless you're taking a critical patient facing position. -Core values for top executives are simple window-dressing values with lip service from the top down. These values have little discernible... impact on either how Providence caregivers behave or how the organization operates. Most line caregivers are unfortunately sharing this lack a resonance with the mission and values as many are smart enough to see this lip service for what it is. -Poor strategy and execution from top leaders in the system resulting in poor performance. Providence can't sustain the current margins so drastic changes will be in the future for Providence for years to come. -Company is still struggling through the merger with St. Joseph Health with little benefit seen to either. -Compensation is still very much on the low end to at most, mid-market. This is attributed of course to the non-profit status, but don't believe that for one minute. We are absolutely a for-profit organization hiding behind our tax status. -Work/life balance is more akin to say Amazon. Expect 60+ hour work weeks to stay caught up, let alone get ahead around here. -Talented workers don't stay for long. See above for a few reasons. Many of us are actively looking. -Most shared service functions are ineffective and their design contributes to a lack of accountability at all levels of the organization.

Advice to Management

-Redesign your strategic shared service model. -Stop with the lip service and be honest and transparent with decisions and what the new strategies are about. -Stop pushing the mission focus until you live up to it yourself. Those of us in senior roles hear and see all that you do. No one at Providence can seem to keep anything confidential and it is truly disheartening to experience the facade in senior... leadership. -Hire and promote effective leaders from outside of your own circle and maybe some who were effective before coming to Providence.

Pros

Good location, pay is ok, work-life balance.

Cons

Too many to list. It's all the little things that just add up.

Advice to Management

Work with your employee's not against them.

Pros

I had a chance to work with great and talented people. Providence Health and Services Digital Innovation use relevant technologies. I had a chance to advance my technical skills. The mission. It's important to work on the product that makes a difference in people's life. The company has awesome corporate events. As a contractor, I can say that contractors are treated fairly and feel like a part of the team.... Work-life balance.

Cons

Constantly changing product. The engineering team doesn't have time to catch up with the tech dept. It can be a bit stressful at times.

Advice to Management

Give a little bit of room to the engineering team to catch up with the tech dept and make the product very stable.

Pros

Generally great people to work with who are very motivated by the organization's mission and core values. Many opportunities as the organization is massive and involved in a number of activities.

Cons

Frequent reductions in force (layoffs) means that positions are not especially secure. Struggling to maintain and retain an engaged workforce. Poor work-life balance with too much turnover.