Pros
-Atrium has a name for itself in the greater Charlotte, NC area among healthcare hopefuls as a great place to work; the pay is great for nursing staff and doctors/providers. -They are always hiring, and willing to hire new grads fresh off the graduation stage. -The company is working diligently towards DEI in the workplace. -Atrium offers tuition assistance, but unless you are working towards a nursing degree is it difficult to get. You can also use it for continuing education credits (seminars, webinars, etc.), which is easier to get. -The Recognition and Rewards platform is, or can be, a great way to show appreciation to employees. Every time I received a WOW card from family or eCard from my colleagues or manager, I realized my value.
Cons
-Pay is horrendous for anyone outside nursing. -They pick and choose who will get compensation for commuting; I worked a re-deployment assignment alongside someone who lived closer than I did and that employee received mileage pay for their re-deployment assignments. -If you aren't from the immediate area you are working, you will never break the code to make work friends. It was the loneliest place to work ever. -Calling employees "teammates" (and having supervisors and managers who correct you when you don't use the terminology) is so demeaning and childish. -Nepotism is rampant. Management will hire immediate family into roles they are unqualified for, including roles that require certifications. -The VIA awards (which come with points that can be redeemed for gift cards or pretty decent gifts) went to the same favorited people in administration. VIA awards have to be approved, so if someone outside the favorite clique was nominated, they were generally declined. -Atrium's continuous moves towards overtaking other healthcare facilities is atrocious. They are turning into a healthcare "not-for-profit" conglomerate that had a revenue of $10.7 billion dollars in 2019; failed to provide crisis pay for employees during the COVID-19 pandemic; cut annual COL raises in 2021; and still gave the CEO a 9% increase in pay in Jan 2021 (he received a 20% increase in pay in Jan 2020). -Atrium partially owns the employees' insurance provider (MedCost) and yet it is barely affordable. For the 2 years I was working there, the prescription "benefits" constantly changed coverage, which happened to affect the medications I was taking every time. The LiveWELL incentives were impossible to obtain, and never posted to your spending account. -Insurance barely offers any mental health coverage, and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Atrium touted their Code Lavender "mental health support", which is just a phone number to call when you are stressed out. Frequently, someone would drop off a container of cotton balls soaked in lavender oil and a paper asking us to write our name down if we wanted someone to pray for us with the phone number at the bottom of the page.