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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(3,898 total reviews)
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Selwyn M. Vickers

66% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 3,898 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 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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4K reviews
2.0
Jan 9, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary used to be a reason, now all other hospitals are matching pay.

Cons

There is NO integrity in administration or leadership. A fulltime worker who has been with this company 35 years is losing 5% of her pay because she will not take on new responsibilities that are now associated with her current title. HR is non-existent and there is a gross undercurrent of toxic positivity. Staff are not supported and are put to shame when reporting unsafe patient environments.

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Response
2y
Thank you for sharing your experience. Our mission values and prioritizes our patients. Creating a culture where their needs are met across the Institution is a part of our core mission. If you’d like to share additional details, please contact your supervisor, Human Resources Business Partner, Corporate Compliance (compliance@mskcc.org) or the anonymous MSK Compliance Hotline (https://mskcc.alertline.com/gcs/welcome or 844-MSKLine).
3.0
Jul 16, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

In my dept., the doctors and nurses were incredibly smart, proactive, and hardworking. All of us shared a universal disapproval for the mid-upper echelons of administration. Some exposure (though limited- you will be doing monkey work all day at a computer) to medicine was rewarding. I've had three positions at MSK within 2.5 years. I was promoted after ~10 months at each position, which seems like a positive at face-value but was merely a way for the organization to keep hiring costs down and milk my work ethic entirely. My advice: if you can, use every cent of tuition, use every paid vacation and sick day (I didn't), and get recommendations and shadowing if you need it. If you have time and your management aren't afraid of you furthering your intellect, definitely attend some of the lectures in oncology breakthroughs. There is no other benefit or pro; the place is falling apart inside. If you are a mediocrity reading this, there is also the benefit of job security - MSK makes it impossible to fire people and as such, rewards mediocrity and stifles innovation. One of the departmental directors has a huge lawsuit for assault and just kept getting promoted upwards. This is probably a common occurrence at MSK.

Cons

I learned former coworkers (after my promotion) made $20k/annually more than me. In result, I earned less at a higher-pay grade letter and despite a giant workload that had me working upwards of 12-13 hours a day and on weekends. I got the joy of constant bullying and hostility from insecure middle-managers who have failed not only at their own dreams (most wish they could be clinicians and will try to say snide or discouraging things to you) but have failed their staff and department. They enable a culture of pure toxicity. You will get emails at 12am from supervisors who are working on tasks like feral animals because they themselves refuse to hire more people (even when they get budget approvals for this very thing). You will attend constant meetings and have to make up for all the work missed while your bosses were twiddling their thumbs in Zoom and forcing you to listen.

1.0
Mar 2, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Advertised as entry level and will hire college grad with no experience. Benefits - tuition reimbursements.

Cons

**This is specifically for department of surgery at MSKCC*** It will be your downfall if you have zero healthcare experience. No room for mistakes/errors/growth. Someone I trained was fired 3 days shy of completing her 6 months probation. Whatever you do if you apply for this position - stay FAR AWAY from the dept of surgery, go to medicine. A job that can be done 100% remote but insist and require staff to sit in cubicle 3 days onsite (not patient + rarely see your MDs and clinical team). Zero flexibility with that, would rather have you call out than let you work remotely to keep the office staffed and not having other OCs covering 2-3 MD offices. TOXIC work culture, passive aggressive upper management. Management will immediately throw staff under bus. If a doctor unprofessionally yells at you and it was escalated to management… management laughs it off and doesn’t do anything about it. Lots of hyper fixation on mistakes, mass influx of anxiety, etc. Blackout dates for taking time off, your PTO will be rejected if your coverage partners can’t cover. For your mental health DO NOT WORK AS AN OC.

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Response
3y
Thank you for sharing your experience. If you’d like to share additional details, please contact your supervisor, Human Resources Business Partner, Corporate Compliance (compliance@mskcc.org) or the anonymous MSK Compliance Hotline (https://mskcc.alertline.com/gcs/welcome or 844-MSKLine).
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