Sutter Health Information System - not best environment for true and seasoned IT Professionals - Anonymous employee Sutter Health Employee Review

1.0
Feb 15, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting and challenging projects. A few very hard working people who unfortunately are overshadowed and overlooked.

Cons

Dysfunctional work environment, acceptance of public shaming, acceptance of outright lying, SHIS environment breeds fear to speak openly and honestly. Favoritism runs rampant, damaging gossip is allowed and accepted. Most unprofessional environment I've ever worked in. I've spoken with many former SHIS employees who also left on their own accord and found we shared the same experience which confirms it's a work culture issue.

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Sutter Health Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review. What you describe is not representative of our company and its values. We are constantly striving to improve the employee experience at all levels of our organization, and to that end, although you state you have left our company, please feel free to reach out to me at talentacquisition@sutterhealth.org should you desire to discuss this further. Thank you.

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