UCLA Health Employee Reviews about "good benefits"

Pros

-Level 1 Trauma Center -Teaching hospital -Good benefits -Decent wage

Cons

I had a horrible on-boarding experience at the UCLA Ronald Regan ED. I was very upfront in the interview about my limited experience in healthcare, but to my surprise I was offered the job. I went through weeks of orientation and training before beginning work at the hospital. I was impressed with the initial process and excited to begin my shifts as a preceptee. From my first hour of my first shift, it was clear to me how unwelcome newcomers are, and how cliquish the culture is within the ED. I felt written off almost immediately and I found the peer trainers to be extremely condescending throughout. Nevertheless I continued to bring my most professional and eager-to-learn attitude to work. Shift after shift I felt as though I was learning more yet being treated worse by a peer trainer. I felt my onboarding process was intentionally being frustrated so I would either quit or fail. I came to find out nearly all of my peers had many years (some had decades) of experience and/or paramedic training, which was very alarming, as I had less than 1 year experience yet was being held to the same standards. I did my best to absorb and apply as much knowledge as possible but the support I received was largely counterproductive. Following the experience with other peer trainers, I had a series of preceptors whom I felt were thoughtful and excellent to work with/learn from - these shifts were my favorite. However I was eventually passed on to the a peer trainer who let me know almost immediately that a lot of disparaging and personal remarks had been made about me by other peer trainers - and clearly their view of me was selfsame, though they had not worked with me before. I found this peer trainer to be a sadistic bully who did everything he could to ensure my termination from UCLA. Nevertheless I smiled and applied myself the best I could. All the clinical RNs and non-preceptor ETTs I spoke with said I was doing great and when asked how I could improve, had little if anything to mention. Yet when I was working with this peer trainer, I had objects thrown at me (such as an IV/bag pole), I was physically shoved while pushing a pt in a bed down a hallway, told they were arranging for me to be fired, and continually told I was inadequate. They even verbalized that I was being punished and when I asked why they walked away. When I brought up my concerns with the AN, nothing happened. I followed up with the AN as the situation continued and was ignored, no response to calls/texts/emails, until my 90th day I was terminated. I cannot speak to the culture here as a resident or RN, but as an EMT/ETT I actually began mental health counseling based on the harassment endured here. I would NOT recommend anyone in EMS work here… it could’ve been a wonderful experience but for me it was a nightmare. For the record: in my previous healthcare job and my new job since leaving UCLA, I’ve excelled and been lavished with kudos for a job well done… which makes UCLA the outlier.

Pros

Good benefits, generous vacation time, pension plan

Cons

Politics, Bad management Financial Services is not a good place to work.