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      Duke Health

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      Duke Health reviews

      3.5

      60% would recommend to a friend

      (2,316 total reviews)
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      David W. Zaas, MD, MBA

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      47% positive business outlook

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      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      2.9

      Senior management

      Duke Health has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 2,316 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Duke Health 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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      2K reviews
      5.0
      Jan 10, 2009

      You've tried the rest, come to the best.

      Clinical social worker
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      Pros

      It is world renowned and offers the best medical care. Not only is it a great place to work, it is a great place to receive care. Each professional here is interested in the patient's well-being. No job is considered menial. Each person has a role in providing outstanding care to our patients.

      Cons

      It can be very demanding. Due to the type of cases we have, it can be overwhelming. We see all types of cases.

      4.0
      Dec 30, 2008

      Excellent security and benefits - if you can stand the politics.

      Senior analyst
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      Pros

      Duke Health System is an excellent employer for the right kind of person. As a baseline, Duke is an excellent place to build a resume, has great benefits, and reasonable salaries. Overtime is rare (at least in IT) but be aware there is no compensation if you are salaried for overtime. Duke is truly focused on patient care and it shows - we have high patient satisfaction and management definitely puts (rightly so) a high degree of emphasis on this. It can make working there very rewarding knowing that you are truly helping people.

      Cons

      To advance, you may need to play a political game. Advancement in the same position can be rare - this means that advancement usually comes in the form of switching from one job to another within Duke. Politics are worse than other places I have worked and it is pretty much a requirement that to advance you must play the game. This can be very frustrating at times and especially to new hires. Another downside is the "dead weight". Job security is fantastic but it works both ways - meaning there are some very incompetent people working (again in IT) who seemingly cannot be fired. At best, they are shuffled to a different position and await retirement. This can make working at Duke difficult when one takes "fairness" into perspective.

      3.0
      Dec 28, 2008

      Potential

      Assistant professor
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      Pros

      No doubt that Duke maintains a preeminent status among academic medical centers, and for a medical school that only started in the 1930's (compared to Harvard, Penn, or Hopkins) in a sleepy Southern town, it has overachieved. Department Chairman such as Eugene Stead in Medicine and David Sabiston in Surgery made Duke a clinical powerhouse; and Duke definitely rides on the foundation and reputation established by such figures.

      Cons

      Still, it would be hard to call Duke a "well-rounded" institution; in the biomedical sciences there aren't any Nobel Laureates, as such its Basic Sciences, while superior to most universities, is still a step behind the Harvard's of the world. It's hard to know if this is a trend across most research institutions, but Departmental Chairman seem to have a diminishing status at Duke.

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