Does Franciscan Children's pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Franciscan Children's employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Franciscan Children's. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Franciscan Children's?

32% of Franciscan Children's employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Franciscan Children's 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Franciscan Children's?

Mental Health Specialist (16) , Registered Nurse (12) , Teaching Assistant (6) , Registered Nurse, BSN (5) , Intern (3) , Mental Health Counselor (3) , Residential Counselor (3) , Respiratory Therapist (3) , Certified Nursing Assistant CNA (2) , Clinician (2) , Educator (2) , IS Technician (2) , MHS (2) , Teacher Assistant (2)

What are the pros of working at Franciscan Children's according to real employee reviews?

"Friendly staff with the ability to work with kids" ((in 14 reviews)); "Great work environment, coworkers, flexibility" ((in 11 reviews)); "Most of the people here are great to work with" ((in 10 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Franciscan Children's according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management, disorganization, lack of structure" ((in 25 reviews)); "low pay but required a Bachelor's" ((in 19 reviews)); "Upper management doesn't seem to care about their employees" ((in 5 reviews)); "Low salary and limited budgets, limited room for growth, a lot of movement of staff, constant changes/disorganization to systems of care" ((in 5 reviews)); "Senior management does not care to be involved at all in day to day operations." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Franciscan Children's locations?

Brighton , Boston , Seattle , Kissimmee , Ashland , Boylston

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3.0

32% would recommend to a friend

(131 total reviews)

John D. Nash

33% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.0

Culture & values

2.9

Diversity & inclusion

2.8

Career opportunities

2.7

Work/Life balance

2.5

Compensation and benefits

2.3

Senior management

Franciscan Children's has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 131 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Franciscan Children's employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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131 reviews

3.0

Jul 7, 2026

Less pay that children’s for same work

Rn staff nurse

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly staff Good place to learn

Cons

Extremely outdated technology (paper documentation of codes, self scheduling with paper) Less pay than children’s main for the same job

3.0

Jan 23, 2026

Position Overview

Mental health specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Amazing group of coworkers -Variety of shifts -Form great connections with patients

Cons

-newer employees getting paid more than senior staff -emotionally/physically taxing -physical restraints

3.0

Jan 19, 2026

Don’t work here as a New Grad

Rn medical unit

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-sense of community and teamwork amongst the nursing staff -ability to foster long term relationships with patients and their families -opportunities to grow into leadership positions such as charge nurse, case management, education -supportive and attentive Nurse Practitioners -free parking

Cons

- one of the managers is known to be condescending and rude -about 70% of staff are new grads and the turn over around their 1 year mark is very high - unsafe ratios, not uncommon for nurses to go up to five patients -slow patient turn over leading to burnout with long term high care patients - no RT manager in place, RT overnight can be found sleeping or with headphones in without consequence due to lack of oversight -Known that nursing management are close friends which makes it difficult for nursing to bring up any issues with other managers - every other weekend the first year of employment -DON is a figure head who only shows up to the unit for photo ops -HR has poor response time and often are not in office during scheduled hours

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