Company has changed over the last 5 years. - Hospitalist Sound Physicians Employee Review

Worked as a NP hospitalist in varying roles. Got along well with administrative staff at headquarters, when I started, was a small home grown company. My interview consisted of meeting all the management including CEO at their Tacoma headquarters. I was recruited away a couple of times, at the last minute one of the employers appeared to develop some staff instability and I returned to Sound to work for a new program. Had some medical needs and wanted to be closer to home (had been commuting every other week to the other sites) and took a position and in the middle of the offer Sound bought the company out, but management was supportive and allowed me to make the transfer. Fast forward after 4 years with the company, am shown the door. New senior management, the program has a lot of turnover. I miss some of the folks who were initially hospitalists and made their way to management, they had integrity and were supportive from a clinical standpoint. Felt I learned a lot from them. I was actually involved in extracurricular activities such as helping to develop a palliative care conversation educational component, but that ended abruptly. Unfortunately corporate medicine has turned out to create a very hostile work environment for many of us who simply want to take care of patients with care, safety and compassion.