Don't Believe the Hype - Senior UNIX Systems Administrator DaVita Employee Review

1.0
Feb 10, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

There's a chance to learn a lot Lots of opportunity to carve your own niche. Despite widely reported (in local and national media) massive Medicare fraud investigations - they appear to have some stability in the industry.

Cons

There is a fair amount of chaos in IT leadership. We've had senior leadership recruited and quit in the same calendar year. They do deep layoffs in their IT tower every few years. These are mandated from on high and IT leadership doesn't have much say in these which leads to some interesting problems. A few years back they laid off every single project manager along with everyone who had admin rights on the ticketing system. In the latest round, they laid off several dozen employees from IT and hired back at least a few as contractor at 60%(approx) of their salary. That can be galling from a company who makes a big deal about how we're all "a village". As you'd imagine, morale among the survivors isn't great and gets worse with every new round. The Last Week Tonight program did a segment on 2017 on the dialysis the mentions Davita quite a bit. You can find it on Youtube. It's worth a look if you're considering employment here.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Work-life balance -Company culture -Supportive team -Good benefits -Meaningful purpose driven work -Career growth opportunities

Cons

-There can sometimes be a disconnect between frontline workers and upper management

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DaVita Response
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4.0
Jun 27, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Depending on location and your clinic, leadership team is incredibly supportive, which keeps the day-to-day work environment relatively stress-free. Having the independence to manage your own scheduling also allows for an excellent work-life balance.

Cons

The initial onboarding and training programs are highly disorganized and lack substance. Additionally, standard pay raises are quite low and do not feel competitive relative to the workload and current market value.

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DaVita Response
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