Health First reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(754 total reviews)
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Terry Forde

82% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Health First has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 754 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Health First employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.5 stars).

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754 reviews
3.0
May 24, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

AMAZING benefits, everyone I work with are wonderful. It’s a great company to get experience if you’re a CNA going to school for Nursing. Relatively easy to move up in the company or transfer to another Health-First Hospital. When its busy season it's an easy way to get extra money because they push you to work overtime to have enough staff.

Cons

The pay is average, Working night shift is better because you get night differential. It all depends on your floor manager when thinking of cons, our Manager really has no backbone to be a manager we really do not have an established set of rules it's kind of like “let’s try this for a while and see if it works" then it just dies off. One big con is they do not work with your schedule they basically said we are not allowed to have a set schedule and we can’t choose days we want to work and days we need off. I am going to school but I can’t request the days off for school so it's really hard to balance work and personal life. Our policy says that hourly associates cannot have set schedules but our charge nurses who are hourly associates have had a set schedule since day one. Like I said they make up their own rules.

4.0
Mar 8, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They have given me the opportunity to learn a new skill to pass on knowlege of new software for electronic medical records,

Cons

New management that is not very caring of personal growth with time to learn changes in policy and protocols.

1.0
Jul 1, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent Health Plan, but then again, they are a health facility. Free Membership to the gym. Personal time is accrued bi-weekly and can be used at employee's discretion. Educational compensation available, but you must stay for years after degree.

Cons

Great discrepancy between salaries of people with equal experience and education. Opportunity for advancement is rare and often times they hire outside the company - you have to be part of the clique - good old boy mentality. Even though management is reviewed, there never seems to be any change. The Peter Principle applies throughout this firm - people are advanced to their level of incompetence. Innovation is not encouraged or rewarded and thinking "outside the box" is frowned upon. Raises have been given and then taken back - yes this occurs regularly! Don't try to make any waves or complain about problems or you could be fired - this is especially true in the Maintenance Department in all facilities.

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