The Palo Alto Medical Foundation Reviews

Pros

Good work/life balance, good management, respectful work environment

Cons

Sometimes understaffed for expected patient load, very corporate environment (acronyms, anyone?), not much room for creativity, absolutely excruciating yearly review process that feels disconnected to the actual job.

Pros

the pay is better than anything else comparable in the area

Cons

"What do you mean this doesn't make sense to you??" the actual words said to me by the preceptor in my first couple of weeks. i almost wrote a lengthy description of my experience there, but that sentence is enough. it's gone downhill from there. i had to take a stress leave and it has not improved. this experience has completely marred my entire Healthcare career.

Pros

People you work with, networking, things you learn, a good place for starting healthcare employees, EPO insurance is good

Cons

Insurance sucks if you aren't EPO. Your copays are high, high deductibles, not good at all. All of my doctors are at UCSF and I've been there for years and because I want to continue care there, I have to choose the worst benefits plan. The pay is too low for what I do. Most of my money goes to health insurance premiums and I'm one person covering for two positions. It's not worth it at all.