Pros
Big company. Flashy colors. CEO says all the right words.
Cons
Insufficient staffing. Leadership would rather pay travelers than give dedicated staff incentives to stay at the job. :( Our shift differentials were decreased during covid. Poor move. The absence policy is pretty lame. If you have 3 absences in a 6 month period (doesn't matter what the reason is, and absences for illness aren't ever excused, even with a doctor's note) you get a verbal warning. If you have a 4th absence in the next 6 month period, you get a write up. Parent dying in the hospital? You could get a write-up... Units that are well-staffed float their nurses and techs to understaffed units every shift. So, even if your managers are recruiting and trying to maintain staffing, you will never work a full-staffed shift. It's a quick trip to burnout, if that's what you're looking for. We never saw a single CEO or leadership member (other than nurses) during COVID. Just emails telling us to keep pushing through the tough times. Nurses are left to do the jobs that no other department has the staffing to cover. No dietary aids? Nurses do their job.... No wound care RN's on the weekend? Add that to the bedside RN's job. We're already working extremely short-staffed, so what's the worse that can happen? Oh, a patient falls...blame the nurses. Ugh. It's so disheartening. The health insurance coverage sucks. Expect to pay a co-pay at every visit, and expect to have a high-deductable and not have coverage for the medical needs you have. Medicare/Medicaid, non-insured hospital patients will receive better medical care than you will.