Pros
Competitive pay, promote and support employee advancement. The downtown facilities offer a very diverse patient population, exposure to a wide variety of pathologies/conditions, level 3 medical facility means more exposure to complicated cases, and a fast paced environment. All these things mean a great amount of experience in a relatively small amount of time when compared with outlying facilities within other healthcare systems or even Swedish itself.
Cons
Swedish has expanded too quickly, pouring an excess amount of money into new facilities and takeovers. The former has caused cannibalization of its own market with respect to downtown facilities. The latter has caused Swedish to hemorrhage money out of the three new facilities with the end result being significant cuts to staff, benefits, and prospective wages across all campuses. If you seek stability in the short term, this is not the place to take a job/career as the financial turmoil has yet to equalize. The focus has turned to the bottom line rather than effective and safe patient care. All of these changes have begun within the last 2 years.
