Salem Health reviews

Manager sits in her office all day every day with a bad attitude. There is zero development or management skills. Extremely negative and short with staff and never allows anyone to question how things are done. HR had to come down because it got so bad but then nothing happened. Salem Health has a habit of keeping bad managers around and this is talked about between other departments. No one is willing to address the elephant in the room. The mood in the department is always uneasy and dismal. Staff engagement is very poor, and the culture is bad. Staff go out of their way and simply don't want to get on the managements bad side. When asking for help staff are treated like they did something wrong for bringing it up. We are understaffed, instead of looking for ways to help staff we are ridiculed as if we are the problem.

They do not value employees or their input on ways to make certain departments better. This has gone downhill over the years. They ask for "suggestions" and receive "input" but upper management stops any progress. They shy away from disciplining bad behavior, laziness and not following policies. They value the PR, the "Magnet" status and all the accolades so they can "brag" about how great the organization is. They let fantastic employees leave because they force schedules or assignments on them that they should not have to do or don't want to do. Then, to "fill the gaps" they hire travelers. When nurses leave due to higher pay somewhere else, to "fill the gaps", they hire travelers and pay them double what they would have paid the employee who left. Why is a $5.00 raise too much for everyone? When you are spending so much more on traveling nurses/physicians etc. Especially when the CEO makes 1.7 million every year and her salary climbs every year and staff members get, oh anywhere from 0.15 cents to maybe $1, if you're lucky.