Sonic Healthcare reviews

TERRIBLE work atmosphere, very eerie, and I’ve had some bad jobs, but this is by far the worse! If you’re in extreme need of a job.... Go ahead and apply but be looking for something else during the process. I don’t see how some people that have been there past 2 years could do it! Ugh. Depressing place to be. Management is bad. The way they go about things is crazy. They’ll send out a mass email about someone being too loud with the papers on the desk instead of just addressing that person. Smh. Place is a terribly, eerie quiet. They don’t want you talking. Think they’d prefer robots that sit at the desk and type all day, don’t move stretch or go to the bathroom, nor change the music on their phones. Just crazy weird. Oh and if you’re caught not typing and changing music on your phones they start to watch you like a hawk. Smh. The first two weeks could see why the turnover rate is so high. Was there for about 5 months and kid you not there was interviews every other week! Crazy work expectations/load. They prefer quantity over quality. (a first I’ve experienced dealing with claims) You have to submit 725-750 reqs a day! You’re given the first 3 months to hit 600 if you don’t hit that you’re terminated and sometimes they may give you an extension and at the end of that extension if you’re not submitting the 750, you’re let go. Oh and that doesn't include the many days where there may be no work in the bin you’re assigned to...they figure you should still hit high numbers. While the job itself is easy, just keying in demographics. The atmosphere, management, and submitted req expectations make this job terrible. The $15/hr ain’t worth the BS.

All levels of corporate leadership. They ALWAYS point fingers, make excuses for each other, accept NO responsibility, nor do they exemplify any VALUE Sonic touts (oh and no one knows what those are anyway, because leadership does not speak about them- or anything else- NO COMMUNICATION FROM LEADERS!!). There is no regard/respect for controlling costs in logical ways, so front liners bear that burden. Divisiveness abounds. Healthcare costs are ridiculous. It's as if someone gave the highest quote imaginable with the worst deductibles and OOPs to insure 1000s and we just said, where do I sign...a student could have negotiated a better package that what we have. Main departments: Quality and Regulatory: Does not exist...what? in a lab environment? Yes, you heard correct, not at the corporate level. Development: Plays the flavor of the day methodology, without embracing any one thing and sticking to it, or being good at it. Rather than having standards, exceptions are the rule. Does not deliver what is promised. It took 1.5 years to get code promised 2 years ago. After many excuses for delays, still only half baked. Production and Support: Probably the best thing about Sonic IT. Needs a better plan to get staff more knowledgeable with ALL products. Infrastructure: Getting better, but extremely overwhelmed. Also does not deliver what they promise. Lots of "i don't know" 2 year plan still not even 1/2 achieved in 4 years. Recurring theme, no accountability, cover for each other...no one will ever know. HR: Hopefully getting there, but have a LONG way to go. No tools for managing and developing staff. Again, benefits are horrendous. Nothing to hold managers accountable to. Finance and Accounting: Still a long way to go...LOTS of mistakes and carelessness. Financial loss coverups across clients Sales: Not too bad either, but as any sales area, sometimes promises vaporware and puts the teams in tougher positions than they already are. This also goes to Australians who talk to US clients and make them promises..the business models are different despite what you may think. Something that works in AU does not mean it will work in US, nor should it. We are not as dumb as you think.