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Columbia Memorial Hospital reviews

3.3

66% would recommend to a friend

(49 total reviews)
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Erik Thorsen

66% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Columbia Memorial Hospital has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 49 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Columbia Memorial Hospital 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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49 reviews
1.0
Feb 3, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Fairly competitive wages, yet they are still short staffed in all departments.

Cons

Has significantly gone downhill in recent years. CMS Quality Star rating decreased to 1 star in 2021. Glassdoor will not let me post a link, google “Beckers Hospital Review 2021 CMS 1 star hospitals” and you will find the article detailing all 1 quality star rated hospitals in the US. Columbia Memorial is the only 1 star hospital in the state of Oregon. Micromanagement by administration has a chokehold on department managers that is beyond stifling. Do not seem to accept/seek/consider input from managers, instead issue directives re managing of departments, which are often harmful to department due to administrations lack of knowledge and unwillingness to ask for or listen to input from those most familiar with department functions. Happens across the board in most departments. Administration bullies managers/staff and providers. There is a severe lack of respect for doctors in this organization that starts from the very top of administration, including the COOs refusal to address physicians by their professional titles, a conscious attempt to undermine their leadership role in healthcare and demote them in perception. This organizations primary focus is profits. They claim to be saving to build a new hospital, but executives are paid extremely well for a rural critical access hospital. They perpetually fail to maintain adequate staffing levels. This was true before COVID and has only gotten worse.

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Thanks for sharing an employee review of Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Oregon. We appreciate the feedback and are always striving to make CMH a great place to work for our caregivers. We always encourage employees to speak with their managers, Human Resources or higher leadership if there are issues in their workspace and hope you took the time to do so. We take the comments left here seriously, and they are forwarded on to HR. Thanks again for leaving a review.
1.0
Aug 19, 2017

Bullies!

Recommend
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Pros

Very nice facility, clean and non cluttered.

Cons

Many of the management team are the very definition of workplace bullies. Lying is a common theme, non violent bullying & use of various scare techniques. Cliques are the true leaders, as the CEO and Assistant Vice Presidents stay hidden and promote inner turmoil and conflict.

1.0
Oct 25, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Working with the members of the community. Many of the co-workers are amazing. The pay (not the benefits) is pretty good.

Cons

Constant favoritism. If you are a favorite, then your job is secure. If you aren't, you will be micromanaged to the point of a breakdown or just walking out the door. Three people have already done that in the last month in my department. They sell the whole Planetree / Just Culture crap at orientation, but they do not live up to it. There is nothing 'just' about the way the staff is treated. There is motivation by humiliation and intimidation and the constant threat of losing your job. If you are a good suck up, you can get away with anything. The union stewards who are supposed to be there to support the staff aren't trust worthy either . It is just horrible. The patient access supervisor is a nightmare to work under. If she likes you, you are golden. If she doesn't, there will be nothing that you can do right. No matter how hard you try, she will find something to complain about and always makes sure that it is in an email so that it can be taken to HR when she wants to get rid of you. Standing up for yourself is not tolerated by her. I don't think that this behavior is part of her job, it just appears that she is a controlling, bullyish person. She uses intimidation and nastiness to get a compliant staff. Actually, happy people who feel appreciated make better employees. They also make less frequent mistakes. People who aren't constantly worrying about being fired for something that the supervisor assumes they did or what someone else says they did, will stay longer. CEO seems to be oblivious to what goes on. Or maybe he just doesn't care. The job itself is wonderful and the patients are great to work with, even when they are grumpy. The hospital and town are so beautiful and this could be such a great place to work if the CEO would take some input from those of us at the bottom of the totem pole. AND THEN MAKE CHANGES.

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