Providence reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(6,522 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 6,522 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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3.0
Dec 30, 2013
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Pros

Providence is a fixture in the Northwest, providing faith-based health care for more than 150 years. It's been stable and conservative. It donates more care in the communities it serves than any other organization. The people of Providence believe in their mission. They care about each other and the organization. Up until recently, the organization cared about them, avoiding layoffs long after other health care organizations were letting people go.

Cons

After the "affiliation" with Swedish (really, the takeover of Providence and the end of any real faith basis) and the expense of installing Epic, the organization is now on a cost-cutting jihad. Upper management has been expecting too much revenue and paying themselves too much for years. Now that the reality of lower revenue is in, cutting executive bonuses isn't enough, so they have the consultants in telling them to cut people left and right. The ones left behind are doing three times as much work and morale is cracking.

1.0
Sep 2, 2013
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Pros

Decent benefits Lot of great people

Cons

Nepotism by executive management Lack of concern for employee welfare from upper management Upper management has too much power to exercise retaliatory acts against employees Lack of communication about system wide issues Management more concerned with moving ahead than helping to create a culture of compassion and fairness for employees

3.0
Jun 12, 2008
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Pros

The organization's 150-year Catholic heritage and mission and core values (respect, compassion, justice, excellence, stewardship) are taken seriously and understood by all, and are sources of pride and commitment. Work/life balance is strong and without lots of over-night travel and pesky, unnecessary meetings. PH&S is a very stable employer, rarely (if ever) in it's history having a significant layoff. Overall, personnel are very friendly and get along well. The benefits package is strong with several nice perks for full- or near-full time employees (i.e., free yearlong transit pass; free parking at most facilities; subsidized meals and pharmacy products etc.).

Cons

Overall, the organization is too tight with the purse strings...pay increases are minimal and no bonuses; technology, productivity tools and office facilities and supplies are frequently far outdated; employee training programs and prof. development are on the cheap or denied; etc. etc. Also, very slow to promote good/qualified talent and release the bad talent. The organization talks a lot about respecting diversity, but little evidence of ethnic diversity in visible management roles or recruitment efforts. Top/down management culture means not being included at the decision-table when you should be and being relegated to an "implementer."; not to mention you're often made "accountable," but not often given proper authority.

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