SSM Health reviews

The corporate management is too far away (St Louis, MO), and they seem to be out of touch with the local employees. You may never meet many of the people you correspond with on a daily basis. They are going through structural changes with the merger with Dean, which can be a little confusing.

Revolving door of management and staff. Staff to patient ratio is low. Leadership has their heads in the sand as to why employee satisfaction scores are so low. A cesspool of gossip and rumors, like living in a soap opera. If patient safety issues are reported, you're likely to be fired, even though there is supposed to be a "non-punitive" culture. Because of this, employees are afraid to speak up and most are looking for other jobs, as am I. A stressful environment for sure. Wages are low in comparison to other hospitals and insurance benefits are higher than the competition. Most of the best care givers have gone elsewhere because they either couldn't stand the environment of distrust, deception and lies, or they were run off by inexperienced managers who were fearful of losing their own jobs. Worst place I've ever worked.