A decent place to work - Anonymous employee Providence Employee Review

3.0
Aug 31, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Organization is VERY structured. They're very focused on proper training of new employees, and constantly educating current employees. They are very mission driven, which is good. Employees seem very much like family if that makes sense. A great sense of camaraderie that are focused on patient care.

Cons

I think they need to rethink their benefits to employees. It's not a terrible package by all means, but the major problem that I had with this company is PTO verses sick time. If you happened to be an employee who has children and your children are sick, then you're having to take PTO. This can be problematic. I would like to see this organization divide the "banks" so you have an option to save your PTO and use "sick" time for this. Additionally, the organization needs give an opportunity for the employee to take an un-paid day off verses being forced to take PTO. Management seems VERY stretched thin. Organization is top-heavy. Hourly employees are pressured to maintain a "5 occurrences in a calendar year rule" which is not realistic, at all. Especially for employees who have children.

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Cons

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Pros

(This is for Providence St Vincent Medical Center in PDX) - staffing ratios - break nurses - ONA union - coworkers on my unit are very helpful and kind (can’t speak for every unit though)

Cons

- upper management hates the nursing union - we are short on many supplies on weekend night shifts - crappy insurance - my unit’s manager is almost never there, they’re always on vacation or working remote. This makes our manager very out of touch with the unit’s needs

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