Let their employees die rather than provide proper PPE - Clinical Technician Cleveland Clinic Employee Review

1.0
Jul 9, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The healthcare plan isn't the worst

Cons

The Cleveland Clinic is patients first, employees last. Everyone who works here knows it. During the pandemic, upper management refused to allow caregivers to wear N95s, even when access to proper PPE was widely available. They only just NOW (July of 2021) are letting all caregivers who work WITH COVID+ PATIENTS wear N95s, and that's only because OSHA is mandating it. They watched silently as the entire staff of many units became ill with the virus, some never to return. They literally watched caregivers die because of refusing to let them have the same PPE their epidemiologists preached was needed when in contact with COVID positive patients. All while insisting everyone was getting sick through contact outside of the hospital- which we all know is a blatant lie. I don't understand how somehow this hospital is ranked consistently in the top 3 nationwide. They bill home health as inpatient to cut loopholes to earn more money and have the employees work holidays. They pay the lowest in the area. The turnover in every department is incredibly high- I only know a small handful of people who stay here beyond 2 or 3 years. Management is fake and talks about people behind their backs; they clearly do not care about the wellbeing of their employees. We were offered NO hazard pay, which many other hospitals were able to do. All we got was a "generous gift" of $500 for working through the pandemic that was taxed as a gift instead of a bonus so we only received about half of that about (of course they want to be able to use that for their tax returns). I've had management talk about my PHI openly in teams meetings with the entire department in front of me. The level of disrespect is unreal. But if you speak out about any of it, you're the problem.

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Pros

Health insurance and maternity benefits are great, though some people have been aggravated by the addition of a deductible in 2026. There is also decent tuition reimbursement, but you need to carefully read all of the policies as the wording can be tricky and even HR doesn't understand all of their own policies.

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Pay seems inconsistent and raises are a joke, getting lower and later every year. PTO is decent but keep in mind that getting paid for holidays comes from that PTO and plan accordingly. HR is a complete JOKE! They never answer, don't seem to understand any of their policies, and have no idea what they are doing. It takes weeks to get ahold of anyone, and they are the farthest from helpful I've ever experienced. Retirement matching is based on years of service, they will put the money in the account but only vest after 3 years so don't count on the amount it shows unless you know 100% for sure you will be there more than 3 years.

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Cleveland Clinic Response
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We appreciate your review. We want our caregivers to have the best experience possible working at Cleveland Clinic and your feedback is important in achieving that goal.
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