Laughing stock of Houston Hospitals - Low pay, horrible insurance, lack of upward movement - Anonymous employee Houston Methodist Employee Review

1.0
Jan 11, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The only pro is a lot of people who work here are kind hearted and awesome employees. However, I think Houston Methodist takes advantage of their kind hearted nature.

Cons

- Insurance. RIDICULOUS! They just changed our insurance to one of the worst in the nation via a self funded UMR organization. Our dental went from the highly regarded met life to Delta. We have to pay 10% of our costs ON TOP of our biweekly costs, deductible, etc. This IS NOT in line with other hospitals. MD Anderson pays 0% biweekly, and their insurance is much better! We are seriously becoming the laughing stock of the med center by nurses. Most intelligent nurses and staff will not work at Methodist. That is why they are constantly having career fairs. - Low pay. Again, laughing stock of the medical center. Everyone is raising wages right now, even Walmart, but Methodist still lags behind. No weekend shift diff either when almost all medical hospitals have weekend shift diff. -No room for growth. Management never leaves because they make bank money, because they started back when Methodist was under another CEO who gave really good raises. No room for growth at all. - Constant construction and expanding, but not dealing with the problems they currently have. You can tell employee sentiment is low when employees are suing left and right. You don't sue a company if you feel your valued. People are suing because Methodist makes you feel unvalued and unappreciated with ridiculous pay and worsening insurance. -Name no longer means a thing. It used to make you feel good to say I work at Methodist. Now, if you tell someone you work there, they laugh and say they would never work there.

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Houston Methodist Response
8y
Thank you for your post. Our people are central to our organization’s focus on healthcare delivery to our patients and our I CARE values. The comments indicated are not consistent with our organization’s efforts to provide comprehensive and flexible benefits and a competitive total rewards program to employees of all levels. We encourage you to have a conversation with your locations HR team regarding your concerns and questions.

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Houston Methodist Response
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We appreciate your feedback and the care you provide as an Advanced Practice Provider. We hear your concerns about administrative time expectations, scheduling flexibility and the impact on work-life balance, and we take feedback like this seriously. APPs are an essential part of our care teams, and creating an equitable, sustainable environment is important to us. We encourage you to connect with your leader or HR to discuss your experience directly, which can help inform meaningful change.
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