Akron Children's reviews

3.3

56% would recommend to a friend

(471 total reviews)
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Chris Gessner

57% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Akron Children's has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 471 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Akron Children's 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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471 reviews
4.0
Apr 6, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of comradery. Unique culture. Some of my best friends were my co-workers. I felt proud of my job at one of the top children's hospitals in the U.S. and enjoyed going to work each day. There is a willingness to listen - even by top physicians - to other employees' questions and input. Some say working with sick children would be depressing, but the environment here was always friendly and upbeat, and I worked on every floor and in every department.

Cons

There are many higher-paid upper management nurses who squander dollars by wasting time chit chatting in the hallways, putting on a show about "how much work they have to do" when if they would just stop gossiping and do their work, they wouldn't be at work so late. I personally shared an office with a nurse educator who was the biggest drain of Children's dollars I've ever witnessed. Constant doctors visits, countless surgeries and reasons to be away from work, while sucking on benefits and high-paid salary. Others under these types doing the grunt work and get none of the credit.

1.0
Feb 9, 2025

Toxic Environment !

Recommend
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Pros

The organization use to be a good place for patients and employees. But with new administration, there is really no Pros to working there!

Cons

Awful and Toxic work environment! They just laid off 8 Clinical Coordinators with 5 to 37 years experience before Christmas and the 9 Neonatologist in March ! Managers have no experience and are terribe to staff as well. Upper administration has no concern that the unit runs short every shift! Patient assignments are heavy and difficult to manage. Truly an awful, awful place! Nurses are leaving weekly because of poor management! Pay also is way below market.

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