MedStar Health reviews

3.9

77% would recommend to a friend

(1,773 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 1,773 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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2K reviews
1.0
Mar 2, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The health benefits are excellent and heavily discounted. They own some of the largest hospitals in the area so there is opportunity to move around if you are hospital-based.

Cons

This place looks really good on paper--9 hospitals, diversified businesses, and knows how to stay in the black. However, peel back the covers and you will find that the primary concern of all senior management is getting their bonus. For a non-profit, I have never heard so much focus on revenue by senior management! We all are aware that cash is needed in order to fund the mission, but somewhere along the line money became the unwritten mission here. There are bi-annual surveys of employees, but what the employees say and the resulting "solutions" do not correlate. If senior management is criticized, they brush it off as employees not understanding them or their jobs. I could deal with the problems if it didn't seem as if there are constant contradictory messages, and practices, depending on who you are. For example, we are given measly raises (the last one was 1.25%) and told to be happy because we have a job. However, published reports state that the CEO makes $3 million per year just in SALARY. This does not include other perks and benefits that exceed $1 million. Also, doctors are kings here so they are used to having temper tantrums if anyone tells them they are wrong (especially if they are high revenue generators). Also, the party line from senior management is that there is no money for needed additional personnel or software. However, there is money for consultants and outsourcing of essential jobs. Stay away unless you really like to be under-resourced then scape-goated if everything falls apart.

2.0
Jan 18, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits, including great vacation/time-off allowance, great health insurance premiums, & additional employee benefits. There are also great human resources across the network that are willing to help.

Cons

Lack of training, too many chains of command, & mgmt takes sides without thinking objectively.. The budget for admin support is low, therefore, making it difficult for managers to keep their office moving smoothly. Gossip is huge in the network, and it causes confidential employee information to be passed along. Low availability with providers requires the staff to constantly move patients' around in the schedule, and do not penalize patients for cancelling daily. It allows patients to walk all over NRH sites.

4.0
Sep 24, 2010

Good company to work for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Culture, solid behavioral program for employees to follow, Holiday Celebration in the winter/Lawn Celebration in the summer

Cons

Some managers aren't the best to work for, some departments are high stress even though they are not a patient care area

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