Terrible management. Nepotism. Favoritism. Poor work-life balance. - Inpatient Pharmacy Seattle Children's Employee Review

2.0
Oct 5, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

ORCA card at a very discounted rate. Helping children, even if several steps removed from actual patient care.

Cons

Terrible management, from the CEO all the way down to department supervisors (at least in inpatient pharmacy). Nepotism, managers put friendships over skills and qualifications when hiring, it happens all the time. All the managers and supervisors are BFF's with each other, they go on vacation at the same time together, it's a very odd work culture to not have a single manager on-site because they're all vacationing together - but it's a good example of how managers do whatever they want with little regard to how it effects the people doing the actual work.

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5.0
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Pros

Good Benefits, overall good working environment

Cons

Limited opportunities for growth at the PhD level

2.0
Jul 16, 2026
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Pros

Front line staff genuinely care and are committed to the organization, even though it has changed dramatically for the worse.

Cons

Leadership under new CEO (Longhurst) has quickly become toxic. Long time employees and leaders are exiting quickly. Return to office mandate is going into effect in October 2026 and has caused massive upheaval and unproductive work for months as employees seek answers and get none. This comes after years of successive waves of layoffs and financial struggles that have damaged trust in executive leadership and the board. SCH used to care about mission and now it cares about keeping up with tech company trends and petting CEO’s ego.

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