WhidbeyHealth reviews

3.2

57% would recommend to a friend

(58 total reviews)
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Ron Telles

59% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

WhidbeyHealth has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 58 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WhidbeyHealth 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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58 reviews
1.0
Jul 12, 2014

A Sinking Ship

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Pros

Close to home; it's the only hospital on this rural island. If you like Kool-Aid, there is plenty of it there.

Cons

Pre-meditated, systematic hostile work environment condoned and encouraged by an administration that rewards department managers, house supervisors, and staff who agree to do administrations' bidding. Eliminates senior staff at all costs, replacing them with less experienced employees, which equals less pay. This is a two-fold scheme: to save money and to create a cult environment that prefers to employ like-minded Machiavellians. Administrators publicly praise and commend those who display unethical behavior toward a vulnerable population (the patients), and who violate all sensibilities by allowing abusive employees to continue working there.

1.0
Jun 3, 2014
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Pros

This hospital is on an island and most work there because of that. Employees belong to a union, which is why they are paid decent wages.

Cons

Whidbey is run by a CEO who is overpaid. They day we were outsourced, he stopped smiling and saying hello. HR laid off transcription dept in the most unprofessional way and even tho they said we could find jobs at the hospital, there weren't any we qualified for. CEO said he didn't attend this meeting because of a sick relative. Right. Now I find out they don't accept my health insurance, obtained thru the affordable care act. Does that make any sense? A public hospital that doesn't accept United Healthcare Community Plan. I can go to the ED thankfully, as EMTALA forces the hospital to examine and stabilize a patient coming to the ED. The board of commissioners have changed their monthly meetings to start at 7:00 am instead of 6:00 pm, so most of the public probably won't attend. They are four million in debt and blame it on Meditech. Latest trouble was a nurse assaulting a patient in the ER. Now they think they can change the public's opinion with a rebranding?

5.0
Mar 30, 2014
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Pros

High integrity, compassionate, skilled people providing healthcare to our community. High level of care (cancer program just won a big award, very good diagnostic imaging including breast MRI, which is unusual for a small rural hospital). Expanding programs, like hospice. Good salary and benefits (on Whidbey, that's not easy to find). Great co-workers. My boss is awesome. Flexibility in my work. Knowing this isn't just a hospital but rather an integrated network of care up and down the island. Just passed a bond for new inpatient wing and other important improvements. Patient volumes and satisfaction are increasing. This hospital will feel very different in 3-5 years. Working here I feel like I make a positive difference to the community.

Cons

Whidbey General has been inconsistent over the years in the quality of care it's provided. You'll meet one person who loves the hospital and another who would never go there again. There is too much old thinking--we've always done it a certain way, etc.

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