Made Computerworld's "Best Places to Work in IT" - Really? - Anonymous employee HCA Healthcare Employee Review

4.0
Oct 27, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great people, pay and benefits are good, and there seem to be ample opportunities to move around within the company so you aren't locked-in to a specific job/role. The main campus is nice enough, and the company is heavily involved in the community. Many of the managers I know appear to take a genuine interest in their employees.

Cons

Long hours, and very stressful at times. As with many companies, employees are being asked to "do more with less". A lot of work is now being outsourced, though it has led to only a small number of layoffs so far. I've heard the IT area characterized as a "sweat shop", though I think this varies greatly depending on the area in which you work. In my opinion, they do a very poor job prioritizing the project portfolio and everything seems to be "equally important" which leads to way too many projects going on at the same time, everyone competing for constrained resources, etc. For the past 2 years, HCA has made Computerworld's "Best Places to Work in IT". Not sure how. Even with these cons, I'm satisfied overall with my job at HCA. Still, I doubt I'll be here a year from now.

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Pros

There some flexibility with scheduling and they let you pick up as many shifts as you want and pretty much your own schedule.

Cons

Very poorly managed, chronically understaffed but managers are dismissive and deny it. The support from staff is inconsistent, the staff nurses are either fresh new grads or very bitter nurses who don’t want to help and expect you to handle everything by yourself as a tech. Most nurses here are PRN’s on contracts that get floated so it’s really hard to expect consistency in the staff you work with and build trusting relationships. Management will promise to train you as a unit secretary but will never follow up. They also agree to help you get opportunities for learning and growth but refuse to follow up or forget about it altogether, despite reminders. It’s not a priority. If your goal is to grow and learn more this is not the place. It’s running on fumes at 95% of the time. Very high turnover, we struggle to keep staff. They’ll call you in to pick up when they’re understaffed with no incentive or something minimal like “swag” (some gear). Very poorly compensated and you will not be appreciated for the hard work you do. Also it took 2 months for them to get me started despite numerous attempts to reach the HR, Management etc.

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