Mixed - Systems Engineer Seattle Children's Employee Review

2.0
Jan 10, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very competitive pay People with whom I worked really care about the mission of the hospital - caring for sick kids A number of smart people in Information Systems (IS)

Cons

Nepotism and parochialism are rampant in IS. A wife working for her husband, a company where spouse works is hired to perform services. It's a "good old boys" network with all the consequences - incompetent are promoted to be managers and directors. A CIO who has established a faulty infrastructure that does not work and who has no ability to fix it, who promotes a culture of "do not ask do not tell" policy and who have been promoting his friends to director-level management. An ex-military who wrote an e-mail to the employees with the following: "you are not getting your bonus this year, on the other hand I just made my last alimony payment and am going to celebrate my birthday in tropics"

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Pros

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Cons

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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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