Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center reviews

- Upper management (not your supervisor) decides what people get on their performance appraisals even though they never work directly with you - Nepotism runs DEEP. If someone in upper management doesn't 'like you' expect to get looked over for potential promotions for people who are considered 'safe and conventional' (ex: someone who is early, stays quite in meetings, and doesn't challenge the administration even though they might do a subpar job) - Unrealistic expectations: we are rated on a scale of 1-5 but MSK likes for people to believe that being a 3 ( which ranges from 3.0-3.74 and is considered 'Successful') is something to be proud of because "MSK has much higher standards and being successful here means you exceed expectations everywhere else". - There is a moral issue in most dept's because people don't feel like their hard work and dedication is not valued. No one is asking for an award but when you put in 100hrs in 2 weeks because your dept is severely understaffed you should be appreciated and not receive and email from your supervisor asking you why you did so much OT when they know exactly why - Everything happens at a very slow pace; from transferring, to being hired, promotions, etc... these could take literal months before anything happens

Although MSK's website and PR screams that MSK is a loving environment where all employees are accepted, and taken care of, MSK is actually a toxic environment. Very few employees are educated about mental health, what is best for their own work/life balance (everyone does not want to work all day, and then "hang out" with their co-workers), and how to manage people in a healthy manner. Expect backstabbing and bullying. I mean bullying by supervisors (remember, there is no law against bullying, and MSK HR tends to side with the supervisor if anything negative comes up. If you do reach out , HR will most likely ask you to "make a plan as to why you are a better business decision than [the bully]"). Personally I conducted had over 200 in depth interviews with MSK patients (as a part of my role). The majority (65-70%) of patients interviewed reported feeling "lack of emotional care," "I'm a piece of meat on a somewhat competent conveyor belt," "I hate my doctor," etc. Personally my supervisor was immature and consistently inappropriate (e.g. telling supervisees too much about her personal life [extreme boundary issues, and rage issues], speaking harshly about other supervisees during one-on-one check-ins, drinking excessively at "happy hour" events arranged by the team). In general my supervisor was a great example of what NOT to do. This is part of the culture, please take caution, many supervisors behave poorly.