MedStar Health reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,772 total reviews)
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Kenneth A. Samet

85% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

MedStar Health has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,772 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The MedStar Health employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Aug 17, 2021

Hot Mess Express

Recommend
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Pros

Remote work, decent benefits, company cell phone, handled themselves well as an organization during the pandemic, nursing management is wonderful to work with - so kind.

Cons

Where to start? The culture within the TA team is toxic (specifically Nursing COE). The expectations that are set for onboarding are unrealistic, and you're given a full req load within days of starting and expected to meet the same goals as tenured team members within the first month or two. Having a hard time recruiting nurses during the middle of a pandemic? That has nothing to do with the lack of supply in the market but rather your ability to recruit, obviously. (Basically, don't expect for your leader to support you). You are not allowed to ask questions without writing out the steps that you took first to try and find the answer. Asking a question and simply stating that you can't find the answer (even if you looked) will label you as "not resourceful". You must use valuable recruiting time documenting your work to prove that your question is worthy of an answer; but "please don't hesitate to ask questions!" And also, don't ask more than one question at a time; that's overwhelming to those training you and asking questions that are outside of your scope of work is frowned upon. But again, you "should be asking questions if you need help!" It's constant gaslighting when you first start of being told that you have all the support that you need and can ask any questions but in reality, no one has time for - nor do they care about - your questions so figure it out yourself. Feeling like you're not fitting in with the team because you're the new remote worker? That won't change. Even some of those who have been there for YEARS still don't feel like they're accepted by members of the team, or even management. When you've finally had enough and submit your two weeks' notice, the Nursing COE manager won't enter your resignation until your very last day so that the HR team won't be able to get in touch with you to conduct an exit interview because she knows it will be unfavorable.

1.0
Feb 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- The PTO is adequate, if your supervisor approves the request when you ask for it. - The staff are very nice but not there for long.

Cons

- Facilities are in dire need of attention and upgrading. I would never go to a MedStar facility as a patient knowing what I know now. - Low salaries are the norm across all MedStar facilities. - Raises are about 1.5%. It is very rare to get more than that (unheard of, so you better feel comfortable with the low-balled salary). - The expectation to raise concerns leads to a culture of bullying on baseless lies, which I witnessed in subordinate staff numerous times. - Absentee management - Unqualified managers and HR staff that were severely lacking in employment and HR law

3.0
Sep 7, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Full Time opportunities, good money if you move up. Education Assistance, benefits.

Cons

Tons of politics, there's the people who have been in the door and out the door and then the ones you have to deal with are the ones who have been there "20 years, 25 years, 15 years" that have their seniority (which is looked upon highly). You have to kiss rear to get anywhere and if you don't you will be blacklisted within the company. There's also favoritism when it comes to salary ranges. One person may be making $15 sitting next to you with less experience because they "know the manager" while someone else is making $12 because they didn't know anyone. It's definitely not based on merit. Also--get better training for specific jobs, universal training (with one trainer) doesn't work for everyone, try to find a way that benefits all learning types so people aren't fired or quitting all the time (high turn over rate).

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