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Universal Health Services, Inc.

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Universal Health Services, Inc. reviews

3.2

50% would recommend to a friend

(1,263 total reviews)

Marc Miller

70% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Universal Health Services, Inc. has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,263 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Universal Health Services, Inc. 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
1.0
Mar 25, 2014

Used and Abused

Recommend
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Pros

There is lots of potential for overtime. Raises are predictable and consistent (for the most part), if low, however expect those who are being hired in to make more than you, even if you have been with the company for years.

Cons

The environment is toxic. You will suffer physical and mental abuse. Taking time off is nearly impossible if you are good at your job. If you excel you will be promised promotion and never given a raise until you finally quit. They remain understaffed on some of the most challenging shifts due to their insanely high turnaround. This results in situations that result in no one getting a break for 16 hour shifts. They are neither respectful nor appreciative of their employee's and the CEO and upper management are verbally abusive and use the individuals who work the hardest for them. The turnaround is caused by both this and constant firings when inevitable situations arise with residents due to tired staff and short staffed units. There is no job security here even though they cannot manage to keep people. I worked here for a year out of my two years here waiting on the promise of an interview and saw several others (particularly men) with less experience and more overall complaints promoted within weeks- while I was still holding a supervisory position. They acknowledge the fact that the environment is unbearable by attempting to make you sign a 'no lawsuit' agreement.

1.0
Mar 13, 2014

social worker

Recommend
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Pros

don't have any pros to give about this company

Cons

They lie about your performance. They buy the company and rid of the longer term excellent employees with lies so they leave without unemployment and hire new college graduates for pennies. They will ruin your long term career!! Beware

2.0
Mar 5, 2014

Focus on profit margins over quality

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive salary. The number of health care professionals (vs finance professionals) at the corporate office is growing, which is an attempt to redirect the focus of the company on the importance of population health management rather than solely hospital operations management.

Cons

The company is short-sighted on profits and willing to compromise care to achieve the needs of Wall Street. Corporate management has deferred to the expertise of physicians practicing within the hospitals, rather than an interdisciplinary approach to patient care, which is leading to significant profit wasting, conflict with the supporting staff and low employee morale. Values are merely listed on the employee brochure, but are not woven into the culture or expectations of employees. The HR focus is disproportionately in favor of recruitment rather than retention and employee development. Turnover amongst the C-suite executives at the hospitals as well as at the corporate office create much disruption to the success of the company.

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