Emory Healthcare reviews

I interviewed for two positions at the Emory Healthcare. I got the job from the second interview, not the first. I was qualified for both and had experience. The only difference was in the first, as a recent graduate from a masters program, I, being proud of my achievements spoke about them. In the second interview I downplayed my education and didn't even mention my achievements. This and the low pay has led me to conclude Emory Healthcare doesn't value the investment I made into earning a masters degree. I make less now than before I earned my bachelors degree. The recruiter who set up both interviews and the pre-employment steps was nothing short of rude and condescending. It really made me think hard, especially considering the low pay, about accepting the position. Unfortunately, being on my own, and being fresh out of school it was either that or homelessness. Employees are required to complete a baseline health questionnaire that asks if you have or ever had certain conditions, including questions like: are you pregnant?; when was your last period?; do you do self-breast exams? Frequency?; Do you wear seat belts? I think this has more to do with liability than determining if I can perform the position as I was told. The meeting with employee health, including completing this baseline health questionnaire, were stipulations to obtain the position. I think some of these questions are illegal, but they get around this by making you fill out your tax forms first. This is quite the invasion of privacy and deeply wrong on so many levels. Again, if I had not desperately needed the job I would have rejected it based on this alone. System orientation was long and redundant. It was a day and a half for me, but longer for others depending on the position. Each day of orientation was held at a different location which made this very inconvenient. Then on the second day we had to use our lunch to travel to the location we would be working for departmental orientation. The other thing is paid time off is accrued 8 hours a biweekly paycheck. All mandatory inclement weather closings, holidays, sick days, vacations, etc. come out of paid time off. This is a policy I've noticed is not popular. Also, I have heard from people within the department that supervisors are hired from outside or from other departments within Emory Healthcare. No one in the department has been promoted. It seems like a dead-end job that people stay in because the benefits are good. Health insurance starts on day one. The department staff and supervisors are friendly, so that is a plus in their favor. I will use this job as a way to get my bearings but I will be looking for a new position.

>>CULTURE: Highly-political. Gossip is poisoning. No growth, no career opportunities. Employees say: "I quit years ago, just my body keeps showing up" & 97% of employees say in the latest engagement survey that Emory Healthcare doesn't even provide the tools needed to do the job, which is definitely true in Marketing. I was told by my manager: "Your level of enthusiasm is at 10 but our team works at 3, bring your enthusiasm down to 3" >>AMENITIES: Amenities at Decatur are inhumane: no privacy in bathrooms, always broken elevators, major construction going on, 6 building evacuations in 6 months. >>HOSTILITY & ABUSE: The company has a dark secret - many employees are regularly forced to take FMLA due to abuse they endure at work from their managers. When my colleague first shared with me what was happening in our department, I was shocked. Then, I experienced it myself: one person at a time is targeted with very well-thought hostility plan that causes you to either be admitted to the hospital, for which you get written up, or you're forced to take FMLA but your projects are eliminated that same day and there's no work to come back to. HR is aware of it all and is silent. That's why Emory Healthcare recently launched a training for employees and management: how to be civil at work... Many employees I know either quit due to hostile work environment or went on FMLA to cope with abuse. Emory has FSAP - faculty staff assistance program, which is dedicated to working with abused employees. I endured hostility, went on FMLA, and my manager requested my colleagues to remove the records of my work. He then falsified personal employment file after I resigned due to hostile work environment, with falsified date and reason. >>FORCED FMLA: I found out from many of my Emory colleagues how much hostility and abuse they have endured. I've learned how many were forced on FMLA. When faced with abuse and reported to HR, I was also offered immediate FMLA. I had to go on FMLA to work with a therapist after I've witnessed my colleagues abused and experienced hostility myself. The day I went on FMLA, my manager sent an email to my colleagues requesting to remove my profile from our project management software, which removes all records of you work instantly. >>ADVICE TO YOU: If your physical health is valuable to you as well as your mental stability, this is not a place for you. Also, If you are ambitious and care about doing work that matters, you'll be punished for it at Emory Healthcare.