Community Health Systems reviews

The CEO has been voted 'Nashville's Most Overpaid' several years and shareholders voted down executive salary by a 2:1 margin due poor performance and executive pay which were not aligned for the interest of shareholders. Employees are consistently told there is no money in the budget for a raise yet the top brass continues to rake it in hand over fist. Do not expect to be valued, if you are 'promoted' it will be in title only and you will receive a max of 7% raise even if the new position is one which pays 100% more. The company paid a $100 million dollar fine to the U.S DOJ for fraudulent over-billing practices without admitting fault even though the lawsuit is pretty clear on what went down. The dress code is ridiculous and many employees shop at good will or otherwise they could not afford it. The department infighting is scary and it seems everyone, including bloated middle management, are deathly afraid so they just blame everything on anyone else. No career advancement potential. Nepotism is rampant and the top brass often employees their kin at the org's hospitals as admin. specialists out of grad school so they can slip into a hospital CEO position making six figures. In fact, the internship program exists only for exec's to hire their kin. Also the Company avoids paying taxes on equipment to the 'affiliated' hospitals by purchasing it buy a Cayman island company (Community Insurance Group - CIG) and then leasing it to the facilities. This way they get around state and federal taxes. Patient care is not a priority at this company and our health benefits are some of the worse I've seen despite being a health care firm.

Zero loyalty to current employees, would rather high externally than internally. Very very rarely does anybody get a raise that one would bat an eye at. Not easy to move between departments and get promotions. If you do get a promotion to another team or dept there is an internal policy of no more than 7% raise. Most people leave the company for 6 months and then come back to the position they want and then they get the salary they deserve. If you don't work in the HQ you never see the CEO, I work in the office a stones throw away from the HQ and I've never seen him or met the man. When I was hired there was no knowledge transfer from the person that was in the position before me, I had to learn it all from scratch with zero help from my management. Health benefits are some of the worst I've seen from a company that makes nearly half a billion a year. I have zero doubt this company will grow and leadership will stay the same, because that's how it's setup to do. The rich get richer while the employees pay huge amounts in insurance and never get raises or promotions.