Stanford Health Care reviews

The real problem is poor management even at the mid-management level. My bosses seem to have been told, Get the job done no matter what (no excuses) or you'll be fired. The leaders got to the top because they are very good at organizational politics. That's clear. They played that game and were rewarded for it. However, they're severely lacking when it come to managing people and getting things done.

The parking is awful - and the very expensive "closer" but still bad parking no longer available to new employees. Newer employees need to add almost an hour to their day just for parking, and that's on top of 12 hour shifts. Managers in many departments are terrible. I blame upper administration because they seem to like "yes people" who blindly follow bad policies. They punish you for getting sick, that's not safe for patient care and doesn't make sense in a hospital. Managers seem like they don't get much training because they are very ignorant about many hospital policies and take action using bad information. HR/hiring is totally incompetent. They are so slow to respond, and then give wrong information. Payroll makes frequent errors, even though they have an electronic system and people have to punch in like they are working in a factory. I feel like I should have a hard hat and a face full of coal dust when I go to punch the clock, this isn't what I went to college for. Nurses on the patient care units are pushed harder and harder to do more and get patients turned over faster so more patients can be admitted so the hospital can make more money. Then administration punishes nurses for bad patient reviews. I'm sorry I didn't fluff your pillow, sir, I was helping your neighbor not choke to death on his own vomit. Employees are expected to provide CICare to patients, but managers are not expected to treat staff with CICare. Managers can be curt, rude, and nasty with no repercussions. Managers literally say "if you don't like it here why don't you go somewhere else." And people do. Turnover is climbing and staff are constantly required to train new hires on top of doing their own work. There are nurses who would stay but they get burned out. They would stay if they could work fewer hours to help with burnout, but they are not allowed to do that. This is a teaching hospital, but for doctors, not nurses. There are not enough training programs. There is no way to get into OR because they won't train. Many specialty areas only hire nurses with direct specialty experience, so it is hard to make a lateral move.