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Q&A With Scripps Health Employees
At Scripps, we’re interested in people who are interested in new possibilities. People who can handle the small stuff without losing sight of the big picture. Who build bridges, not walls, knowing we can do more together than we can alone. Here, you’ll be part of a team that delivers outstanding health care in a supportive, respectful environment that has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s Top 100 Places to Work. You’ll be surrounded by people committed to making a difference in the lives of their patients and their teammates. So if you’re open to change, go ahead and open the door to possibilities.
How employees describe working at Scripps Health
They are great in providing a work life balance
Learning how to lead. Uneducated individuals that dont have experience are being placed in leadership roles.
Scripps La Jolla is highly unorganized. Nurses are good just no communication between them. They’ll ask you the same questions that they asked you five minutes ago, so I feel they’re too lazy to read your chart. The food is awful and cold. They don’t post your results to your testing for a fe
Eighteen years happily employed with Scripps
The most positive is I feel I belong.
Review from Operations Dept
What it's like to work at Scripps Health
- Scripps Health employees generally work 9.8 hrs a day
- Employees at Scripps Health report the work pace is comfortably fast
- 75% of Scripps Health employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Scripps Health employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a month
- 77% of Scripps Health employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Scripps Health Employees
IDX: 0 TOT: 42
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining Scripps Health?
Their raises are a joke (2% on average) and their benefits leave a lot to be desired. They don't even offer a PPO health plan or a 401k. They offer a 401a, but the match is only 3% and it is after tax. They continually look for ways to cut expenses and some of that comes at the expense of their staff. They are continually chipping away at the company benefits. They also don't offer much in continuing education and often want the staff to pay for their certifications out of pocket. In other words, they will host a certification course, but they do not pay you to attend and charge you for the course under the disguise that it "isn't required for you position", yet your certification benefits the department you work in. If I could make one recommendation to the powers that be, it would be to at least keep the raises inline with annual cost of living increases. Year after year you make less money because of this.
I'm mixed. The place definitely grew me in some ways but was horribly unfair in other ways.
That a lot of people there never forget (or forgive) a mistake. I made several over the course of my time in the pursuit of doing thew work I thought I should have been doing. They inevitably came back to haunt me.
If you could make changes, how would you improve the culture at Scripps Health?
Not sure. They like it this way. It is a challenging culture.
Change incentive programs for physicians to be aligned with organizational goals. Communicate business goals and models better.
Scripps is actually working to improve the culture from within via Value by Design and using the MDI processes. All departments are encouraged to participate in daily huddles in which all input is valued and solutions are typically crowd-sourced, with managerial facilitation only extending to implementation, not barrier creation.
What are your coworkers at Scripps Health like?
Top Employee Response
Lots of good people but a lot of politicians.
Nice people, keep their heads down and try to get the work done.
What benefits does Scripps Health provide?
Good health Care benefits.
Regular benefits, they have a generous benefit package.
What's the company culture like at Scripps Health?
Very segmented. Lots of silos
Political
What do people at Scripps Health think about the CEO? What do they do well and what can they improve?
He has been there a long time. He has been great. Times are changing and Scripps needs to change too.
CEO is a good guy, but overall the org doesn't really value IS, they think of them as a necessary evil.
How does Scripps Health make decisions around promotions?
Political.
Politically at the leadership level. Effectiveness at the analysts level.
What kind of people succeed at Scripps Health?
Hard workers. Politicians. Connected folks. Not a true meritocracy in my opinion.
Self promoting types, hard working types, good communicators. It is a mix, don;t get me wrong, there are a LOT of really good people there but it seems like there are a lot of people who do not produce very much but still get ahead due to politics, optics, and style rather than substance.
How much and how often do raises happen at Scripps Health?
Annually. 2 percent is big
Annually and there are out of cycle adjustments on occasion.
How challenged are you at Scripps Health?
I don't miss it at all.
Extremely.
What's the best part of your job at Scripps Health?
Some of my peers. The mission.
Pay.
What are the team outings like at Scripps Health?
?? Not in years.
Pretty rare.
How much diversity is there among employees at Scripps Health?
Some mostly white. A lot of women but that is healthcare in general v
Fair amount.
How would you compare interviewing at Scripps Health to other places you've interviewed?
Similar
It was pretty standard.
How's the morale at Scripps Health?
Pretty bad.
How secure do you feel at your job at Scripps Health?
Not too much lately. Layoffs galore.
How's the feedback proccess at Scripps Health?
Not well accepted
How's the work life balance at Scripps Health?
For the IS team it stinks.
What part of Scripps Health's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?
Ambulatory. ACO. Health Plan.
What are you most excited about working at Scripps Health?
I don't work there anymore. And I am happy about that.
What's the office vibe like at Scripps Health?
Political
What interview questions does Scripps Health ask?
Typical stuff.
How's the leadership on the IT team at Scripps Health?
Very thin at the top. CIO knows his business but is all about HIS career. Rest of senior leadership AVP's and Send Directors are pretty weak from a leadership perspective. I would not take a job there.
How's the vacation policy at Scripps Health?
Good, you earn a decent amount of PTO to use. Using it CAN be an issue sometimes but generally it is OK.
How's the work pace at Scripps Health?
Frenetic
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44% of Scripps Health employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 20% are neutral and 36% would not recommend working at Scripps Health to their friends.
| 44% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 20% | Passive |
| 36% | Detractors |
