-hospital management spends zero time on the floor, decisions are made based off what’s on paper.
-not family friendly. If you have kids, or health issues, or anything that makes work not be your main priority - it’s unacceptable. they don’t care if you’re sick. they don’t care if your kid is sick. they don’t care if you have a funeral. Car troubles. Traffic. Snow. Whatever it is, don’t expect understanding.
-the same rules don’t apply to everyone - I saw one of our best workers fired for being late when they were struggling with a new baby at home, while there were others who were consistently late w/ zero explanation and zero consequence
-you can’t take management at their word
-with the benefits being pretty fantastic, employee turnover was beyond anything I’ve ever seen. The people I worked with were experienced, well-mannered and hardworking; but we were treated as if we were completely disposable. It was frustrating to be almost always training a new person. It would have been easier on everyone to have the same people around. But, if you didn’t get fed up and leave, you stick around a run the risk of eventually getting fired.
-there’s a weird feud between the specialty departments and ER, it’s uncomfortable and I never saw anything done to dissuade it.
