I worked at Mayo for 5 years in their IT department. It's a mess! - IT SYSTEMS ARCHITECT I Mayo Clinic Employee Review

2.0
Sep 12, 2014
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Pros

Mayo has a great reputation overall. They utilize cutting edge technology that enhances patient care, but things move VERY slowly. They still have/had pension benefits. Overall acceptable benefit package - although decreasing each year.

Cons

Management has been there so long, they have forgotten how to operate 'outside of the box' and used to doing things the same way. It's all they know. They tend to micro manage - so if you are a free thinker - probably not the place for you. A still current employee (who has been with Mayo for 20+ years) once explained to me that as long as you 'move with the herd, you'll be fine'. If you cannot - the herd will find a way to 'push you off the cliff'. HR is there strictly for management, not for YOU. Don't be deceived.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Large organization that is recession-proof.

Cons

Leadership does not care about employees, especially tech employees. They are currently selectively laying off the highest paid tech employees just before they reach protected age status. Classic IBM moves from former IBM leadership. Culture has been destroyed. Upward mobility is nearly impossible. They have people on the same teams doing the same work at +- 40K salary via selective job title HR games. They have been practicing constructivve dishcharge on all of IT in an effort to reduce staff. Everyone is applying for their own jobs and they then send some packing and it's been many of the best employees. Other talented people are forced to leave for fear of not having a seat when the music stops. During COVID they said 'Work from anywhere' and hired like mad. Now, they say you are all going hybrid and will have to appear in-office. More efforts at reduction via attrition. The dishonesty is the worst part, all we get in meetings is an HR person with canned responses to protect the edge case legality of what they are doing.

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