It's 50-50 - Anonymous employee Scripps Health Employee Review

2.0
Sep 19, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Worked in middle-management for a while and yes what has been posted here about us is true, we are a cushy bunch. As a manager there was always a certain degree of immunity for what we could and couldn't get away with and for the most part I was told to target staff members who didn't seem to fit the bill. Even in our weekly pow-wows I'd have to sit and listen to my supervisors speak foul of fellow staff followed by a plastic smile once they meet with them. So yeah, it's ironic because they would waste so much time figuring out how to make the dept less toxic and never considered the weight of their actions. So if you're in management and lack moral integrity then yeah you're on your way to a gold watch

Cons

Super toxic. Management doesn't care about your issues, they rolled out with this new MDI process which encourages employee engagement but I've seen multiple departments misuse it in order to further control their staff. Even the best workers are look upon as very handy yard tools than actual people. Nurses in general aren't very professional. Granted they do what they can for their patients however a majority I've encountered disregard most hospital policies (and to an extent laws) in order to get what they want. It's usually the younger ones, they just do it for the money. It like you make $30/hr (I'm using a male nurse in this example) so yes it's going to be your first-world definition of hard work. There are some good honest hero nurses for sure, but I'll just say my perspective in general of that particular profession has changed. The benefits are a joke. You have to go online and watch these annoying flash cartoons to get health insurance subsidized. It's like, I work at a hospital and you're telling me I have to watch 40 videos of an animated apple to tell me not to smoke so I can get health insurance? I mean, even at McDonalds they give you a burger. This is a prime example of how the uppers treat staff like children. It's like having a sign that says 'FREE CAKE' and when you get there they hand you a box of Betty Crocker cake mix.

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Pros

Honestly, the only real positives were the beautiful location near Torrey Pines and the incredible coworkers I built strong relationships with—dedicated, hardworking people who truly support one another.

Cons

If I could give Scripps a negative rating, I would. I’m in my mid-30s and have worked in multiple health systems across the U.S., and this was by far the worst experience I’ve had—largely due to the leadership culture. I frequently worked well beyond my job scope because of inadequate departmental support (functioning as the data analyst for the department, even though that was not my hired position). Despite consistently going above and beyond—essentially functioning as a team of one in a role that typically has 2–3 staff at other centers—my efforts were neither recognized nor valued. Instead, I was often talked down to and disrespected. To make matters worse, I worked as a team of one and was expected to “show up as a leader” without the title, compensation, authority, or respect to match. Over my year there, I experienced unprofessional behavior, including leadership accidentally sending me text messages gossiping about me with inaccurate information, with no apology to follow. When I raised concerns, I was told, “I don’t want to hear about this anymore.” When I requested time off due to burnout after a denied PTO request, I was told there was “no reason” for me to feel burned out and that “all I ever do is complain.”

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Scripps Health Response
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