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Toxic environment at Foundation - Anonymous employee University Health System Employee Review

1.0
Nov 19, 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits are good, has potential to be great place to work

Cons

The Foundation is such a missed opportunity to do so much good. The person in charge (in real time, as the acting president is split between two jobs and not actually directly supervising the development staff) desperately needs to retire. She sews distrust among her staff so they don't feel safe talking to each other about whether they, too, have been bullied or harassed by her. It's textbook abuser behavior, to isolate her employees, set them up for failure, then blame everything on them. Also, she lies. When the pandemic broke out, plenty of staff in office roles throughout the University Health System went remote. But this woman did not understand technology and did not want to learn it so she decided she did not trust her employees to actually do their work from home, so she isolated them all, asked them if they felt comfortable working in the office, then lied and told them all when they were together that they'd "all" said they felt totally comfortable working in person - during a pandemic when the mayor had issued a work safe from home order. Setting a pretty terrible example for a public health system. She also lied to an employee and told her the "higher ups" had made a decision that working from home wasn't going to be allowed anymore even if the employee wanted to - BLATANT lie. She needs to GO.

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Thank you for sharing your feedback. We’re glad to hear you’ve had a positive experience with our nurse residency program and feel supported by leadership. Creating a strong foundation for new nurses is important to our mission and to the care we provide our community. We also understand how frustrating it can be when the parking garage fills quickly. Your feedback is helpful as we continue looking for ways to support our team members’ day-to-day experience.
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University Health System Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback about your experience. We’re glad to hear the benefits, hospital coverage and relationships with caring coworkers were meaningful parts of your time with University Health. Team members who support one another and stay focused on patients make a real difference every day. We also take your concerns about leadership, fairness, communication and advancement seriously. A professional work environment depends on trust, consistency and clear expectations, and team members should feel that internal opportunities are handled with transparency and follow-up. Your comments point to several areas that deserve attention, and we appreciate the thought you put into sharing them. If you would like to provide additional details, Human Resources is available to receive that feedback.
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