Pros
- They are closed on all major holidays and you are compensated for them. - There is a lot of vacation/paid time offered to employees (around 20 or so days a year). - Great benefits. - Mostly friendly coworkers. - The cafeteria has good food, albiet a little pricy. - Website for employees has a lot of great features and is easy to navigate. - On-site credit union is a great idea. - The facility is state-of-the-art and very well-maintained. - The goals set by the company for employees tend to be very attainable.
Cons
- Constant changes made to Standard Operating Procedures make it impossible to keep up with ever-shifting rules, resulting in "counseling" from a superior (verbal warning, etc.) - Employees are told multiple times a week that "mandatory overtime" is required on Saturday (the normal days are Monday-Friday) and then told it isn't required the next day and vice versa. This makes it very hard to keep a good balance of home life. - Since being named the 2nd worst company to work for by the Wall Street Journal, the entire company has been scrambling to fix their relationship with their employees. This means asking on what they improve, online surveys, etc. That makes sense. However, as far as day-to-day things, there have been no changes. In the article, people had complained about being overworked, and the week the employees were asked for suggestions on improving the company, they were made to work that Saturday. - Anytime these Mandatory days are ordered, if an employee voices any concern, they're to to put "the patient first". This essentially is telling them to put the patient's needs above their own and their family's need. - They turn employees against each other (inadvertently) by having them report what was not done in their section by the other shift. Then that shift is told what mistakes they made. Since you know exactly who is working in your section/area on the other shift, this makes for some incredibly awkward situations between employees and months/years of this can cause some real friction. - Some members of management seem to hold grudges towards cetain employees and managers. This tension also creates awkward situations. - Employees/managers tend to lash out at one another when overworked (though some of this is voluntary overtime that the employee decided to work, as opposed to the company forcing them to). Some employees will work an extra 2-4 hours a day and, as a result, become irritable and leave other employees stressed out, and in turn angry, from dealing with tired coworkers.
