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    UT Southwestern Medical Center Reviews

    Updated August 22, 2017
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    UT Southwestern Medical Center President Daniel K. Podolsky, M.D.
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    • You have to pay for parking while being an employee (in 13 reviews)

    • No real room for growth or expansion of skill set (in 13 reviews)

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    1. "Great place to work!"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst
      Current Employee - Senior Financial Analyst
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at UT Southwestern Medical Center full-time

      Pros

      Great medical benefits, no cost for employee, very reasonable for family member additions.
      Lots of time off through paid vacation, floating holidays and sick leave.
      Room for professional education and internal promotion.
      Great environment, convenient location, constant expansion and improvement of facilities.
      Lots of additional discounts and perks offered to employees.

      Cons

      Salaries are on the low side of Dallas average.

    2. "Great Organization - Lots of Bureaucracy though because it's State Gov't"

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      Current Employee - Administrative Coordinator in Dallas, TX
      Current Employee - Administrative Coordinator in Dallas, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at UT Southwestern Medical Center full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Many job/career opportunities for all types.

      Cons

      Innovation is encouraged but rarely acted on, because it's a state institution.

      Advice to Management

      Continue listening to your employees.

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    3. "Best Job Ever!"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Dallas, TX
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Dallas, TX
      Recommends

      I worked at UT Southwestern Medical Center full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Amazing and Talented Staff. Fun place to work and gain experience within your scope of practice.

      Cons

      Med Students and Codes...Hair Pulling at Times.

      Advice to Management

      I loved the peer to peer interviewing process. Please continue with this process. After all we have to work side by side.

    4. "Love my job"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at UT Southwestern Medical Center full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Insurance is awesome for single people

      Cons

      The downfall is being paid monthly.

    5. "Research Assistant"

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      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant
      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at UT Southwestern Medical Center full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great institute in academia of life sciences

      Cons

      Not well-recognized in non-academic world

      Advice to Management

      N/A

    6. "UT A cool journey"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at UT Southwestern Medical Center full-time

      Pros

      UT Southwestern offers amazing benefits.
      There are many opportunities to grow.
      And amazing friendly employees.

      Cons

      Low compensation
      Charges for parking
      Overworked

      Advice to Management

      Make sure to lead your employees, by understanding their duties so you can be more relatable to their experience.

    7. "Research Assistant"

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      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant
      Current Employee - Graduate Research Assistant
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at UT Southwestern Medical Center part-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      You have pretty good access to excellent scientists and clinicians to do research.

      Cons

      Lack of engineering collaborator.

    8. "Department Review"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at UT Southwestern Medical Center full-time

      Pros

      Free benefits, development classes, friendly people, university setting

      Cons

      Blackballing, various departments and very ill-managed

    9. "Research Assistant"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at UT Southwestern Medical Center full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good work life balance is there

      Cons

      Too much focussed on steering students to academic career

    10. "Unit Secretary"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at UT Southwestern Medical Center full-time

      Pros

      Good benefits, great pay, and lots of overtime.

      Cons

      Hours and hard to move around to another unit.

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