disappointing - Long Island's largest employer is mismanaged and very stressful - Anonymous employee Northwell Health Employee Review

2.0
Apr 19, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

good benefits, competitive salaries, easy commute from Queens or mid-Island.

Cons

The culture is very cutthroat - there's always someone eyeing your job and trying to figure out a way to get you out of it and them into it. Management is basically entrenched - little room to grow and expand. Unless you're hired as a manager, you will probably never make it, even if you've been there awhile. Employees are often mismatched to job - people who could be doing something else and making more money, while management is often incompetent and uncaring, and should be in a position of less authority making less. Never disagree with the boss - or look for other work if you do. You'll never get anywhere, you'll never get even a cost of living adjustment, and eventually, you'll be terminated.

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Northwell Health Response
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Thank you for your review as a Program Manager. At Northwell, our leaders are helping us on our quest to redefine healthcare, and without their leadership, we wouldn’t be named Forbes America's Dream Employer. We strive to offer a culture that upholds our values and mission, while also supporting the wants and needs of our patients and team members. Your comments are important to us, which is why we will share them internally.
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Office setting; nice people, cafeteria

Cons

Overworked and severely underpaid, short staffed for the amount of patients they intake to the program (on the clinician side and administrative), very low pay for administrative workers, little to no real benefits (PTO is not front loaded but trickled in: 1 hour accumulated per pay period - it would take about 4 months to accumulate 1 full day of PTO. Sick time is a similar trickle system so you end up taking a lot of unpaid time until you can’t), due to that it’s impossible to not get burnt out. The union also hasn’t negotiated a good contract if these conditions exist for those at the basic level. Food in the cafeteria is not great and sometimes gives people the runs. Also it’s expensive (full price despite working for the org; they cannot even give discounts which is weird considering how much the CEO makes and how little we do). Feel abandoned and not properly compensated. Deeply exhausted.

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Northwell Health Response
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Thank you for your review. Your comments are important to us, which is why we will share them internally. At Northwell, one of our top priorities is the well-being of our team members, ensuring that they have the best career experience possible, feel empowered to develop and grow within our organization, and have access to comprehensive benefits, so they can be at their best at work and at home. We strive to offer a culture that upholds our values and mission, while also supporting the wants and needs of our patients and team members. We appreciate your feedback and wish you the best in your future career endeavors.
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