As corporate of a company as possible - Anonymous employee Sutter Health Employee Review

3.0
Jun 1, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Decent Pay - PTO - Free health insurance - Impossible to get fired - Tuition & conference reimbursement - Paid travel & travel expenses when needed - Various types of leave after being full time for 1 year - Lots of different positions available

Cons

- Promotions aren't a thing, you must apply/interview for every position if you want to move up. - Pay does not scale with cost of living. Engineers in San Francisco make the same as engineers in Lakeport. - Pay is not competitive in non-clinical roles (IT, Facilities, kitchen workers, etc). - Very slow moving. If you're looking for a place that offers a fast paced environment, this isn't it. - Constant leadership changes - No real company culture. Very stereotypical 9-5 experience.

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5.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

The people I work with on nights are incredible and the team work reminds me of when I was a high school athletes.

Cons

Most of the night shift staff feel neglected like administration only cares about days the kitchen isn't open so we don't get healthy meals or don't get to eat cause nothing is open in town either so if we felt more cared about on night shift that would be cool. Other than that I have not seen or talked to my boss in about 3 years so that more of a pro than con.

3.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

Leadership trainings, conferences, educational opportunities, Senior leadership seems to respond to employee feedback, Great organizational transparency and clarity around goals and direction, Front-line leadership receiving recognition more often, Fair (not amazing) compensation and benefits overall, Organization seems to be healthy and growing which is encouraging for job security and retention.

Cons

Unsustainable front-line leadership expectations, responsibilities, and tasks without providing support from supervisors or assistant managers specifically in San Francisco campuses, High burnout risk among front-line leaders which is continuing to increase, Growing list of contradicting or conflicting priorities. Patient experience scores have improved greatly in SF but patient quality/safety and employee satisfaction has become the apparent cost of that, Very unreasonable span of control for front-line leaders, i.e. way too many direct reports, Meeting metrics and KPIs at all costs is the message being received. Front-line leaders are left scrambling to reach the data points (regardless of the methods), to get there. In other words, we might be meeting the metrics and KPIs on paper, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the real purpose or reason behind those metrics is being performed. We’re just desperate to keep our jobs, The leadership culture in the last 6-9 months has shifted towards motivation through fear. Fear of losing our jobs or bonuses rather than motivation by providing actual daily support in doing our jobs and genuine concern and encouragement to succeed.

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