Zero transparency. No communication from Top down to clinical operations, and/or it’s very limited. HR is non-existent or ridiculously impossible to reach or contact. Benefits are a facade and can be reduced or cancelled without your consent. Total Health Rewards program is an outright scam, confirm confirm confirm what they tell you and get it in writing but even then don’t trust what you’ve been told. Read your benefit elections carefully, especially your PTO. You don’t accrue as much as other competitive jobs. Your pay won’t be competitive but it is an “academic” healthcare workspace, just without the actual academia. Expect a toxic work culture, environment when it comes to respecting boundaries. You will be asked to do more for less money, they will call it “cross-training” and won’t hire someone to fill an empty slot if you can makeup another person’s work. ***If you identify anywhere on the LGBTQ+ spectrum don’t work there unless you feel like being the model minority token of the clinic.*** Protect your peace and mental well-being and strongly think before accepting a job here. If you have another option, take it. Get used to sudden changes in work duties or being asked to “ say yes” or “keep the faith” which translates to take on more work for no compensation. This place is a fantastic example of work culture gone wrong and the effect it has on revenue, staff, and the health of its employees/patients. The only positive is that for some reason the patients are kind despite being screwed over by a company that places profits over patient care. Finally, I wasn’t one of the employees laid off but I’ve worked at OU health long enough to know being laid off would have been a better alternative than sitting on a sinking ship.
