Seattle Children's reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,324 total reviews)
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Jeff Sperring

60% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Seattle Children's has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,324 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Seattle Children's 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 7, 2020

SC Research Institute is one of the worst workplaces I’ve ever experienced.

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Pros

Transportation benefits, mostly updated workspaces, healthcare benefits are pretty average.

Cons

Leadership is toxic and full of people who think they’re way is the only way. Perfect example of people in authority positions with power that they abuse freely, with no regard for the aftermath. Not admirable at all and you can’t trust that the organization has your best interest in mind. Employees are the last priority. The culture that exists is the complete opposite of the “values based culture” they feed to the workforce and it’s laughable. Children’s has become a place I describe as pulling the wool over your eyes. Looks really amazing on the outside, but once you realize how bad it is internally you will never want to stay long. The amount of turnover at Research in the last year is astonishing, and the high quality of people who have chosen to leave is so discouraging. I can’t wait for the day I walk out and never have to come back. Most of all, I’m extremely disappointed in my experience and I never imagined this would be the case.

1.0
Jan 31, 2018
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Pros

The hospital as a whole was very welcoming and seems on the outside to have a positive work environment and genuinely puts the patient needs first. Some departments have a positive supportive work culture .

Cons

The work culture under a new Manager was more about being vetted to be in a sorority group rather than being treated as a medical Professional. No onboarding /training. It is secretive and vital instrument data to carry out diagnostic tests is concealed and used as leverage to decide weather you succeed or not.Dangerous for patient safety.Slanderous racist comments about nationality and age. You will be fine here in some departments but in cardiology it depends whether you are invited into the click and fit a certain profile or not. Y You will be bullied out if you don't fit the profile. you are warned! good luck.

1.0
Jul 30, 2018

No IT Strategy or Direction

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Pros

Doctors, nurses, and researchers working hard to provide quality care and cures for sick kids.

Cons

The new CIO is a train wreck. For some crazy reason the CEO felt it necessary to hire an MD into this role. Whatever logic he had behind that decision blew up with the selection of this particular "doc CIO". Because he has no vision, can't articulate a strategy, and has no clue how to assess the capabilities of his team(s) the CIO defaults to what he knows - vendor management and outsourcing. He has abdicated organizational alignment, leadership and coaching to the Associate CIO, Chief Data Officer, and PMO Director. None of these three could lead or coach a team to run a lemonade stand. The Associate CIO is just "checking the box" of a C-level position on his desired career path to a CEO position. The CDO is an egomaniac who is all sizzle but no steak. The PMO Director will do and say anything to protect her position for fear of being RIF'ed. Lack of leadership starts at the top but isn't limited to these four. Take a look at previous Glassdoor reviews; "From and overall IT perspective, Architecture is nonexistent, filled with sysadmins and network technicians. The Program Management Office has been dissolved and has turned into a project management free-for-all with no prioritization. Infrastructure has been gutted of leadership. Application teams are chasing their tails and duplicating effort. Operations leadership has no operations experience. IT finance is completely out of touch with the requirements of running an IT organization. There is literally no aspect of IT that is running well under the new leadership." SPOT ON!!

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