Great Mission, Bad Culture - Administrative Leadership Seattle Children's Employee Review

1.0
Dec 18, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

The organization name draws in very kind people who want to do good work. Most managers are very supportive of work life balance.

Cons

There is a strong culture that does not enforce accountability. Initiatives will be launched, with people just saying "no" they wont do it. This leaves most areas scattered with some staff following the initiatives and others not. Secondly, there is lack of role clarity for most jobs. Most employee's on-boarding involves the 'sink or swim' technique of jumping in without direction. There are no clear guidelines given as to what success looks like, and gaps in what is handled because it is 'someone elses job to do it.' You could ask dozens of people with the same job title what they do- and get a dozen different answers. This leaves people lost and confused about whether they are doing the work they should be doing-- let alone disappointed with performance evaluations

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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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