Great place to work but there is room for improvement - Anonymous employee Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Employee Review

- Upper management (not your supervisor) decides what people get on their performance appraisals even though they never work directly with you - Nepotism runs DEEP. If someone in upper management doesn't 'like you' expect to get looked over for potential promotions for people who are considered 'safe and conventional' (ex: someone who is early, stays quite in meetings, and doesn't challenge the administration even though they might do a subpar job) - Unrealistic expectations: we are rated on a scale of 1-5 but MSK likes for people to believe that being a 3 ( which ranges from 3.0-3.74 and is considered 'Successful') is something to be proud of because "MSK has much higher standards and being successful here means you exceed expectations everywhere else". - There is a moral issue in most dept's because people don't feel like their hard work and dedication is not valued. No one is asking for an award but when you put in 100hrs in 2 weeks because your dept is severely understaffed you should be appreciated and not receive and email from your supervisor asking you why you did so much OT when they know exactly why - Everything happens at a very slow pace; from transferring, to being hired, promotions, etc... these could take literal months before anything happens