Atrium Health reviews

3.7

72% would recommend to a friend

(3,237 total reviews)
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Eugene A. Woods

64% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

Atrium Health has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,237 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Atrium Health employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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2.0
Mar 25, 2014
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Pros

It's Carolinas HealthCare System, which means it's pretty much the premier care provider in the Southeast and will look good on your resume.

Cons

I don't work there anymore and I can ONLY speak to the corporate side, but it's a pretty negative environment and the pay is below average. Lots of turnover due to pay, low morale, lack of upward mobility and, at least in my opinion, lots of inexperienced managers who had simply snuggled up in one way or the other to the people that hired them. This is how it is at most corporate offices, granted, but it's reallllly bad at CHS. Plenty of tenured, 35-55 year old people who are put under the control of much younger, inexperienced managers who upper management feels are less threatening. Tons of talent wastes away/walks out the door because many of the managers suppress ideas, use scare tactics and micromanage because they're terrified of being upstaged by their subordinates. That being said, if you want to be a manager or above here and you have "impressive" credentials from another industry, you probably have a pretty good shot. There's also a bit of a "grass-is-greener" mindset where upper level management will automatically look outside of the organization for new leaders instead of promoting proven workers from within. The consequences are often new managers from other industries who are now supervising tenured employees that already know the healthcare industry inside-and-out. This inevitably leads to insecurity among management, which leads to micromanagement, unwarranted criticism and mistreatment of employees, etc. etc. The SVP position tends to recycle frequently (every 2-3 years) due to high-stress, sub-average pay, which means every time a new SVP takes over, he or she will assuredly want to hire "their people" while intentionally marginalizing potential "threat employees" within the workplace and beginning the cycle again. This is what leads to heavy turnover and the absence of any kind of sustained growth.

2.0
Feb 2, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Good co-workers, good patients, good work environment.

Cons

Raises stuck at 1% for years now. Health insurance is horrible. Deductible is so high that no one can afford care. Many employees need expensive tests but cannot get them because of the cost. Meanwhile, many millionaires in executive management. Something is very wrong.

1.0
Jul 10, 2017
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Pros

Honestly, I have nothing... I'm actively seeking new career opportunities. Novant and Fresenius both pay significantly better...

Cons

Nurses at CHS are some of the lowest paid in the nation. The benefits are also terrible. They are horribly staffed because of this. Half the nurse manager jobs are vacant, and all the nursing units run with a 30%+ vacancy. Then nurses are begged and guilted into working excessive overtime to care for the patients. Bedside nurses don't receive any pay differentials for advanced education, certifications, specialty, skills, etc. They pay a diploma nurse working in a SNF the same as an ICU nurse with a master's degree, multiple specialty certifications, and other advanced training and credentials. CHS is a massive organization, however, I've seen far better benefits with far less employee cost in small private companies. CHS owns half of the insurance company (MedCost), and therefore has no incentive to negotiate lower rates for their employees. They were actually sued for this, but some small loophole saved them due to their death grip on their "Hospital Authority" tax status which was eliminated decades ago. Nurses are treated like toddlers. I'm a college educated healthcare professional, Its insulting to be given fun sized candy bars as a display of management's appreciation. Other employers in the area are paying nurses TWICE as much, with superior benefits at a lower cost. Meanwhile, CHS pays their corporate leaders a ridiculous salary. I still don't know what they do. They are completely incompetent and lack any knowledge about organizational behavior and leadership

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