Banner Health reviews

Five years ago, this was a much more enjoyable place to work. Now, it's all about how do we cut costs and wring the most out of each worker. Benefits cost more and cover less, there are less people for each shift, more call, to cover the more frequent bare spots created by having less people to do the cases. Call isn't just for the "off hours" anymore, either. Now, there are TWO people on call for most of the 24 hour cycle. Three dollars an hour for call pay is almost an insult, I'd rather have control over my own destiny. The refrain bantied about the department is "according to departmental needs", as you may imagine, this trumps the 'balance of work and home life'. The whole feel of the place is "Shut up and work, be glad you have a job!". Our turnover rate is astounding, I'm amazed that no one from the upper echelon is had their curiosity piqued. The managers are good people who are Way over their heads, and as a group, they lack sophistication in the people handling arena. The main thrust had been to force fewer people to do more work. I dread going to work and being micromanaged. Every week there are more rules and more tasks that make my job harder, and lessen the amount of actual 'nursing' that I get to do. I am heartsick about it.

Managers constantly pressured to do more, not enough emphasis on work-life balance, some hospital leaders out of touch with demands of front line employees, benefit costs increasing and level of benefits on the decline due to budget challenges, some departments understaffed, upper management doesn't like to listen to complaints.