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Updated Jun 6, 2023
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- "But great benefits and an awesome place to continue learning while contributing to the world." (in 368 reviews)
- "Pay is low and this shouldn't be acceptable for individuals who have done multiple years of seminary and possess a Masters degree." (in 120 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★Featured Review
Best hospital
Apr 15, 2023 - Registered Nurse, BSN in Dallas, TXRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Although no place is perfect, this is the best hospital I’ve worked at in my 27 years as a nurse. Good benefits and pay.
Cons
Generally promote very inexperienced people to management. Also tend to reward hard work with more work and reward laziness with less work.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
If I wasn’t a traveler, I told my husband I would retire with UTSW. Beautiful campus, beautiful place to work and even better people.
Cons
No improvements needed, I loved everything!
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
The job itself is great, but they will screw with your pay.
May 31, 2023 - Clinic Staff AssistantRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Some days the providers will offer lunch Lunch is an hour long The job is fast-paced, but manageable, so the day goes by quickly
Cons
The biggest cons I have is with pay. They mentioned a really great retirement program but they failed to mention that it was mandatory and comes out of pay automatically. They also didn’t inform me that the pay was once a month until after I started. If they mention an hourly rate, it means nothing unless it’s in the contract. They break down the yearly pay, cut it based on monthly, then tax it and take almost $300 for the retirement program. I was shorted on my check twice and they did nothing when I contacted HR and were very condescending about it. My last check at the company was only for two weeks of the full month that I worked. They cut corners where they can. They don’t even show on ADP what the hourly breakdown is so it’s difficult to to find proof of unfair compensation.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
it have good PTO and holidays count lists
Cons
the Health insurance for dependent is very expensive
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know
Jun 4, 2023 - Clinical Research Coordinator in Dallas, TXRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Large research institution with exciting research. Generally good benefits with room for growth (depends on who you know)
Cons
Management seems to lack skills and vision to inspire and execute successful teams. Many roadblocks to success due to individuals (and groups) more interested in maintaining status quo than realizing institutional objectives.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
A great place to work
Jun 5, 2023 - Postdoctoral Researcher in Dallas, TXRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good benefits. Excellent health insurance. Great culture.
Cons
Huge campus can be overwhelming to navigate.
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Large campus community, great benefits
May 30, 2023 - Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) in Dallas, TXRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great benefits! Great health, dental and prescription coverage. 401 k package, & teachers retirement package. Vested benefits after 5 years with the company. Large hospital system, means it's easy to transfer to different clinics and satellite locations if desired.
Cons
Large campus means it can feel like you're a small cog in the machine.
- Current Employee★★★★★
They can afford brand new buildings but not a livable wage for employees
May 31, 2023 - Research Associate in Dallas, TXRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Quality of experience. I have an amazing team! Benefits are comparable.
Cons
They can afford to build whole new buildings but they can't afford to pay their employees a livable wage and what they're worth. I have a master's and still have to have a 2nd job in order to make ends meet. You canNOT opt out of the TRS. It takes hundreds of dollars out of each pay-check for a retirement system that won't be enough to retire with. It isn't matching or anything.
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Great Job for Research
May 30, 2023 - Computational Scientist in Dallas, TXRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
I had a lot of agency over my work and all of the management was very friendly. The environment was clean and collaboration was easy. They were very flexible for working from home during/after COVID-19.
Cons
Salary is much lower than industry software engineering.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
When you get hired in it is very difficult to be fired or let go.
Cons
Working in Academia limits your ability to advance in your career and salary. Most staff positions are paid from State funds or Federal Research funds which has a strict cap. If you do well in your position you often are tasked with more responsibilities but not compensated. The oversight of the A&P leadership positions is poor at best.
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UT Southwestern Medical Center has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 2,229 reviews left anonymously by employees. 73% of employees would recommend working at UT Southwestern Medical Center to a friend and 66% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
73% of UT Southwestern Medical Center employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated UT Southwestern Medical Center 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at UT Southwestern Medical Center to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be culture, management, compensation.
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