UW Health reviews

3.8

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,030 total reviews)
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Alan S. Kaplan, MD

50% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

UW Health has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,030 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UW Health 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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1K reviews
3.0
Dec 28, 2014

I have worked for the Foundation for 10+ years.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

401K plan is pretty decent. The benefits could be a lot worse.

Cons

Middle management is terrible! The bullying and micromanaging is at an all time high. Understaffed and overmanaged.

1.0
Dec 12, 2018
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Pros

I currently work here as a mental health clinician / therapist accessible; uses EPIC; decent discounts as an employee; the hospital cafeteria isn't too bad;

Cons

working extra hours past what was agreed; unclear guidelines and unattainable work expectations; unhappy medical staff members; overbooked schedule + limited number of mental health clinicians = unhappy patients; superficial support from management and HR; many disorganized changes and implementations within the hospital; high turnover in many areas (nursing, registration, patient services, physicians); emphasis is on billing and bringing in a profit given the hospital's debt; no value on patient care - patients have a long waiting time to see anyone at this facility; don't expect anyone above your position to ever take responsibility for errors that they make; high parking garage costs that are absurd; blatant racism and discrimination by medical staff (staff says he is not a racist or homophobic and then makes crude jokes or rude toward his patients)

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2.0
Jun 6, 2018

Great Mission, Poor Employee Experience, Huge Bureaucracy

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Smart, good people who believe in mission of patient care Decent benefits

Cons

Changes in C-suite and HR stuff in recent years have changed the culture.. Used to be good place to work, don't care about employees any more. Long hours, gotcha culture, finger pointing and blame from arrogant senior leaders who create barriers for those doing the work. Has turned into bad place to work which is sad as the mission is meaningful and good. Shortstaffed everywhere, Lip service to caring about employees. Huge bureaucracy, very political-leaders throw each other and employees under the bus. Managers are constantly in meetings and working long hours-hard to support employees

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