Ascension reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(7,653 total reviews)
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Eduardo Conrado

46% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ascension has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 7,653 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ascension employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.5 stars).

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8K reviews
1.0
Jun 1, 2018

Dishonest pay configuration

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Pros

Decent benefits, 401k and PTO.

Cons

In any position, you’re expected to do a lot with very little. Wear multiple hats and keep the plates spinning simultaneously. This is common and well understood throughout. What is not, however, is the pay structure. How pay is calculated and whether education is required or just a bonus does not apply to all applicants (even when explicitly states as required in the description). There is a complete lack of transparency in what positions will pay and the required versus preferred education to hold them. HR hides behind some alleged Ascension mandate for pay according to position yet manages to find six figure salaries for administration’s preferred candidate (regardless of their ability to meet the education and experience requirements). Morale is at an all time low. Long time employees are leaving in droves and the dishonesty from HR and administration is responsible.

1.0
May 9, 2018

Descension

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Pros

HAH. Twenty word minimum and I can't think of a good thing to say. OOH we have really nice expensive garbage cans.

Cons

They can't pay us well because they bought really nice expensive garbage cans.

1.0
Nov 14, 2017

Administration

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Pros

The people I worked with. Not on the Ascension level, on the hospital level. The people in my department were amazing and helped make working for an awful company like Ascension tolerable.

Cons

Where do I start? 1. They spend too much money 2. They use outdated software and business practices that create ridiculous amounts of work. A simple process becomes so complicated you’ll want to throw pencils at the ceiling because that’s more stimulating. 3. They aren’t really Catholic. They are pretending to be Catholic. I’m not Catholic either but I wasn’t pretending to be Catholic to make a ton of money. 4. They will fire good people and replace them with ineffective automated services. 5. They will fire good people and replace them with untrained people in call-centers. It’s not the MSC’s fault that Ascension is a piece of garbage though, don’t be mean to the MSC employees. They aren’t the big talking heads making all the idiotic decisions. I could go on. Ascension is like that predatory fish waving it’s pretty flashy light in front of you starving face. You think you’re about to eat but instead it eats you. If your hospital is profitable, it won’t be anymore. If it was going under you might have a different experience....but my hospital was better off before Ascension got its greedy fingers involved.

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