Sutter Health reviews

- Politics are rife - Claims to be transparent but acts differently (for instance, capping employee raises citing cost reduction while lavishing senior executives with 25% compensation increases) - Promotion opportunities depend on where you work and who you know - Job titles have very little comparability across the system depending on corporate or affiliate - Incentives across the system are misaligned; executives who are paid far too much to run a profitable non-profit are asked to change the future, knowing it might impact their pay (>14 execs earn more than $1M each in annual compensation...don't believe me? check Sutter's IRS form 990, public information posted right on their own website: http://www.sutterhealth.org/about/SutterHealth_Form990_2010.pdf) ...I'm guessing most of them are coasting to retirement and milking the system - Rewards status quo behavior while asking employees to innovate - Hyper-conservative board of directors making critical strategy decisions based on their experiences in health care from 40 years ago...times have changed, old man (men)...move on and let someone else have a shot - I worked on way too many multi-year projects that went NOWHERE! Findings, results, recommendations were passed up to leadership, never to be heard from again. - Gradually scaling back any semblance of employee perqs (beyond pay and benefits, which were decent)

Ignorance appears to be a hiring requirement. Lack of communication and understanding throughout the management line. Many employees who could not find opportunities at other health organizations. Lack of standards in hiring practices. Lack of respect for expertise. A company that top down only superficially looks like a NPC. Clinical management bodies have little power over financial interests.