Pros
Patients receive great patient care. Allina provides top quality care for patients from all walks of life and 98% of the direct care givers that I worked with would do anything they could for each and every patient, as well as the families of those patients.
Cons
Senior management verbalizes the transparency of the company while hiding tons of garbage behind lead lined concrete walls. If not for the dedication of the real, caring "average" employee, patient care would be in the toilet. The most difficult mine field to traverse is the political one. The truth is often buried, and if an employee is brave enough to expose it, the resulting explosion can be very damaging. Thus, many good ideas are not shared for fear of stepping on a mine.