UW Medicine Employee Reviews

To be brief: do not work here if you value patient care. University Administration and Management both do not truly value it because both prefer to be as hands off as possible and anytime something goes wrong they prefer covering it up and mooching up to the affected patient to actual prevention.

This public entity operates as though it were a private corporation built upon principles of greed and exploitation, rather than serving the public. Too many conflicts of interest to delineate and those who report matters are quickly dealt with. Do not recommend if you have any sense of ethics.

People are really awesome! The team works really great together, everyone is super helpful

The day to day experience is good. I love my department. Upper administration leaves a lot to be desired. They're untrustworthy and will protect bad apples.

Used disrespected harassed ignored oppressed

Everyone is respectful to each other

Compatibility commitment loyal hard working fun honest

Thoughtful, organized, passionate, knowledgeable, dedicated to mentoring, dedicated to serving the community, and leads by great example

Listening to employee feedback about issues, training, paying attention to staff needs and metrics, effectively comminicating with employees, effectively communicating with patients, consistency, employee retention, employee growth, employee health, selecting competent staff and managers.

Leadership is very corrupt and will do anything to keep matters quiet. If I were to make any suggestions, it would simply be enforcing state laws regarding the delivery of healthcare.

Pay competitively. Be transparent. Stop lip service. Stop expanding when the current locations are a mess - focus on making what you have better before adding more strain on a dismal staff & applicant pool.

Value current employees instead of hiring new employees.

Listening to stakeholders who are responsible for the mission of the institution, I.e. patient care. Consolidating admin. Too many in between people. Managers need to have metrics that count: reducing patient no shows for instance.

Health and Dental are good

Retirement benefits - Uw contributions

Matching 401 k employee rewards compensation

Under paid compared to similar positions in the area, benefits effectively unusable because of poor management or bad communication from management. Uncompetitive options for health insurance.

We are paid less than surrounding hospitals, and administration actively works against its workers. They constantly short change people and find loop holes in contracts so they don't need to pay differentials. It's greedy. Pay us enough to be able to live in the community we serve.

If I got paid more. If overtime/cross training/advancement opportunities were more easily accessible.

If I was compensated at fair market values.

Underpaid in clinical research position

The group of nurses I work with are top tier. I could not ask for a better team to be on.

We work together to create a smooth running department. We can trust the quality of work from everyone. Providers and manager regularly express appreciation of each position.

Everybody does their best to communicate effectively and work as a team

Everyone is burned out and angry at the way we are treated.

Colleagues share similar mission and are problem solvers (unlike section and division leaders who are ni collaborative and don’t share the overall missio

Completely pointless meetings. Frequently. Mind numbing.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are more than just words, they actually mean something and are the laboratory hasn't learned what they are.

Actual training, no one was given any formal training (management preferred the "it takes a village" method, citing low staffing). Staff overworked and stressed due to incompetent management and often stymied by management as well, we had to result to self management due to lengthy response times

The culture at UW Medicine is one of promoting those who protect those above them. Staff would be better off if this culture was dismantled, but there really isn't a way with the existing infrastructure.

Working remote option is the best thing about this job so I can escape face-to-face interactions.

Getting to care for patients.

Quality patient care for all

Supporting each other's growth and development!

Replace management with people who actually believe in the company misson and empower them to be able to actually achieve them. It was obvious to me management was beaten down by those above them and were just continuing the cycle. Administration needs a serious overhaul.

Culture is mixed - those of us with boots in the ground have a positive collaborative demeanor. The leaders make the workplace negative by being demeaning, dismissive, not listening at all, deflecting. Therefore they make the important work seem unimportant. Specific medical staff leadership

Very easy interview. Relaxed, and was informative.

Ease of conversation, transparency on how wage is determined. (UW Medicine took over after i was hired, so it ciuld be a different process)

Critical Questions Loyalty of employees and quality performance

Remove the group mentality of superiority. I came in as the most experienced person on their team and was constantly defending my actions and citing healthcare regulations against "this is how we were taught to do it". This started during the interview process.

Being able to help people by connecting them with the services they need. Being a brightspot in peoples day.

Working with my patients and my colleagues

Helping patients navigate and understand billing procedures

Helping to support the community

In order: overhaul administration, retrain management, actually train staff, actually hold people accountable for their mistakes so they can grow and learn from them. Management acted like any little mistake was a potential firable offense and routinely refused to address anything meaningfully.

My coworkers and my union.

Transparency and accountability of executives. Paying all job classes a living wage.