10 years of service and when talking about work life balance HR tells me 17 times, “the needs of the business come first.” In my opinion, if your employer opens up a food pantry for its’ employees that is stocked by donations from those same employees and your employer parades this pantry as a “benefit” or “perk” of working at the organization instead of paying its’ employees a livable wage so that the employees don’t have to use any food pantries, then that’s a pretty big red flag. In my opinion, these are literally the only 2 things you need to know about the organization. Orlando Health is more concerned about growth and expansion (quantity) than quality. Short staffed everywhere, underpaid, and in my opinion leadership mentality is “if you don’t like it, then leave.” In my opinion, zero effort is being made to make any sincere efforts of retaining employees. Zero growth for mental health professionals with individuals that have a poor understanding of mental health making decisions for a whole vulnerable service line doing what is best for the business rather than the patients. The amount of times I brought up concerns regarding patient satisfaction and treatment and was dismissed or told “oh well” is alarming for an organization that screams patient satisfaction. Patient satisfaction is a priority until it’s a problem, then “it doesn’t matter what they think.”
