Providence reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(6,529 total reviews)
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Erik Wexler

50% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Providence has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 6,529 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Providence employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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7K reviews
3.0
Aug 24, 2013
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Pros

Wonderful medical staff, good pay, benefits. Largest employer in area. Place to be if you are ill.

Cons

HR unhelpful to employees, let older staff go, keeping younger staff during layoff. Some department managers are mean

3.0
Apr 13, 2013

Good company, too much change happening right now

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good pay and benefits. Catholic entity, strong ties to their communities.

Cons

Too much change in the organization right now. Working hard as a health system to consolidate services across their regions. I understand from a business model, but there is havoc amongst employees as jobs are lost and good employees are jumping shop because of the unknown.

4.0
Nov 1, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

In the early years it was its Christian affiliation and the mission; caring senior executives; and experienced caring individuals who believed in that mission that drove the care and compassion employees had for its customers - and for each other. There was a sense of belonging. And the health benefits and wages were above average and employees were able to raise a family without the hardships seemingly placed on so many other employees in other companies. So, employees felt important, they felt valued which led them to exceed the higher standards that the Sisters of Providence had always demanded and been known for.

Cons

The org. grew by leaps and bounds in the 90's and on into the 2000's. Management in-experience, competition locally and regionally, plus a faster paced health care environment and the increasingly larger amount of regulation placed on health care helped to erode the excellence within Providence and the feeling of community amoung employees. Eventually, executives and many senior managers caved to the pressure of survival and gave up the goal of being an organization that was all about the patient via. the service and compassionate care provided by the employee. PH&S gave up on trying to be different, trying to be the one special and unique entity in the community that was about family and its employees. They forgot the importance of the employee who was giving their-all for the organization; they forgot that employees ARE what make the organization and are the soldiers in the trenches and on the front line with the patient/customers, and the thousands of families it touches.Some bad apples and inexperienced management helped continue the downward spiral to what everyone now sees - the New Providence Health and Services.

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