mini Cerner but worse - Anonymous employee Netsmart Employee Review

2.0
Jun 3, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is hit or miss depending on the team you are on, got to work with some really good people, flexible PTO

Cons

I have seen other comments saying this is the white boy club & that could not be more true. The reason I say this is worse than Cerner is because at least at Cerner all employees know & openly can talk about the downsides of the company there - where as at Netsmart their entire "culture" is to be obsessed with Netsmart. I have never seen anything like it. No real conversations, and no willingness to change. I started at this job at the beginning of the pandemic so was almost entirely remote for almost 2 years before they forced everyone back in. They had no alignment on the wfh rules so that meant that directors got to decide even if your role could be done entirely remote. I submitted a doctors note request to work even ONE day a week from home due to a health issue & HR drug me along for 6 months making me bring in more notes, an entire letter from my doctor, and me having to follow up several times just to say at the end that they weren't allowing it. The only reasoning I ever heard about why there was no room for even a hybrid schedule was because "conversations at the coffee station are important" - meanwhile I would be sitting at my cubicle all day every day with every single meeting over teams due to people working in other places in the country & no need to be in the office at all. Then when I quit & explained this situation to my manager I was instructed to let HR know so that the company could do better...HR..the people who were responsible for the whole thing. Lastly - there is ZERO training in place or even clear processes to figure things out on your own. You will constantly be encouraged to reach out for help just to be met with no answer. They will then blame the employee by saying that it is hard for some people to keep up in a "fast paced environment" when in reality everything is so slow moving because it is near impossible to get responses or approvals from people across the orgs.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

The team I work with is dedicated and loyal to the company and takes an ownership mentality.

Cons

If you care, you’ll give up your nights, your weekends, your blood, sweat, tears, joy, you’ll miss family events, even health appointments, your house will fall apart, your relationships will suffer, and you might even get asked to shorten your time away. There is nobody in the positions of the right help, and far too many managers, and too many per diem who have other jobs that can’t give enough hours but hold per diem positions hostage. When you ask for help, it’s always answered with a “We are trying”. Yet it’s been years of asking and the ask still falls on deaf ears. The company is missing opportunities to grow a huge revenue stream because they won’t create structure and processes; and positions to manage those structures. There are so many missed opportunities here, in a field that really needs us. I don’t know how to make my voice louder. It’s just not heard. We are top heavy in management. We need certain tasks completed, and are not getting what we need, no matter how many meetings we have about it. In fact, I don’t have time for the meetings anymore. We didn’t even celebrate Nurse’s Week. Not a single person even mentioned it. They work you to within an ounce left of your sanity, and then there’s absolutely no recognition or cohesiveness or celebration of any achievmemts instead, it’s “We didn’t make our quota.”. It’s all hurry up and get your work done, but then slow down because you’re making mistakes. Pay is mediocre for this level of experience and expertise-non-management level positions elsewhere offer far more in salary. Plus all the money you’ll spend to try to get things done just to manage your life, like paying for grocery delivery because you’ll never see the inside of a grocery store again. It’s madness. Not a sustainable career.

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