Hot Mess Express - Talent Acquisition MedStar Health Employee Review

2.0
Aug 17, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Remote work, decent benefits, company cell phone, handled themselves well as an organization during the pandemic, nursing management is wonderful to work with - so kind.

Cons

Where to start? The culture within the TA team is toxic (specifically Nursing COE). The expectations that are set for onboarding are unrealistic, and you're given a full req load within days of starting and expected to meet the same goals as tenured team members within the first month or two. Having a hard time recruiting nurses during the middle of a pandemic? That has nothing to do with the lack of supply in the market but rather your ability to recruit, obviously. (Basically, don't expect for your leader to support you). You are not allowed to ask questions without writing out the steps that you took first to try and find the answer. Asking a question and simply stating that you can't find the answer (even if you looked) will label you as "not resourceful". You must use valuable recruiting time documenting your work to prove that your question is worthy of an answer; but "please don't hesitate to ask questions!" And also, don't ask more than one question at a time; that's overwhelming to those training you and asking questions that are outside of your scope of work is frowned upon. But again, you "should be asking questions if you need help!" It's constant gaslighting when you first start of being told that you have all the support that you need and can ask any questions but in reality, no one has time for - nor do they care about - your questions so figure it out yourself. Feeling like you're not fitting in with the team because you're the new remote worker? That won't change. Even some of those who have been there for YEARS still don't feel like they're accepted by members of the team, or even management. When you've finally had enough and submit your two weeks' notice, the Nursing COE manager won't enter your resignation until your very last day so that the HR team won't be able to get in touch with you to conduct an exit interview because she knows it will be unfavorable.

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MedStar Health Response
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Thank you for your review. We're pleased to hear you feel supported by your colleagues and appreciate our commitment to high-quality patient care. We also value your feedback about the onboarding experience and will share it with the appropriate leaders. Thanks again for your feedback! - MedStar Health Community Manager
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