Sanford Health reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(1,446 total reviews)
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Bill Gassen

60% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Sanford Health has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,446 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sanford Health 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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1.0
Jan 30, 2013
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Pros

There are no pros...well...I guess you could be in a North Korean re-education camp.

Cons

Corporation is run entirely by non-physicians. The physicians who are in "administration" are either lackeys, or have no power. They do not support the rank-and-file physicians AT ALL. Also, they will actively try to kill your practice if it will benefit one of their favored specialties, i.e. they are willing to hurt the Allergy department to allow the ENT department to do allergy. They are willing to hurt Plastics by promoting ENT to do more facial plastics. They are willing to hurt Pulmonary by allowing ENT to do Sleep Medicine, etc. Physicians have NO input into the day-to-day operation of their practices. There is so much infighting and back-stabbing in this organization, you'd think it was a daytime soap. Actually much worse than a soap...this organization truly represents the worst of corporate America. As a physician, if you had told me years ago that I would ever be working for a corporation that is like a Dilbert cartoon, I wouldn't have believed you. Now I know what it's like, and worse. P.S. If you have a gold Physician sticker on your car, don't park in patient parking...you'll get a ticket! This is the kind of organization we're talking about...that would ticket one of their physician's cars on hospital property!

1.0
Oct 18, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Those I worked with were great. Those I worked for weren't.

Cons

Not being appreciated. Not being heard. Idiots in charge! ....no employee input. NO COMMON SENSE!!!!!! WHO KNOWS A DEPARTMENT BETTER THAN THOSE WHO WORK IN IT?! Sanford is all for show!

1.0
Aug 23, 2012

Revolving door of physicians

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Pros

Somehow, they are able to attract physicians to come and work there for 2 years at a time. Physicians, they will lie to you to get you to sign the contract.

Cons

For physicians, they entice you with a wildly generous 2-year guarantee, and after 2 years, when you realize that there is no possible way to achieve a similar income through production, you have to pick up your family and move. Your contract does include a non-compete, and the local court is enforcing it. The past 10 years here have seen a constant revolving door of physician labor. The only physicians who stay have a compelling reason to be here geographically, or have no other options. So be warned...if you want to come to South Dakota to make good money for 2 years, then fine. But if you are looking for a long-term opportunity, you need to look elsewhere. By the way, my comments are only the tip of the iceberg. I could tell you about the oppressive EHR, top-heavy management (5 vice-presidents in Public Relations!), and a transient support staff, etc.

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