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    Seattle Children's Reviews

    Updated 20 February 2019
    373 reviews

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    Seattle Children's CEO Jeff Sperring
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    • "Upper management who write about their commitment to the staff, but come across as aloof in person" (in 17 reviews)

    • "Work-life balance: It is getting more and more expensive to live within the Seattle city limits" (in 7 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      "Excellent place to work; incredible employer with an incredible mission."

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Information Security Engineer in Seattle, WA (US)
      Current Employee - Information Security Engineer in Seattle, WA (US)
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Seattle Children's full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Employer is incredibly dedicated to the healthcare and well-being of children. Amazing technical advancements such as gene therapy in use. Solid workplace for an IT professional who wants to make a difference!

      Cons

      A handful of employees are not sufficiently motivated to contribute.

      Advice to Management

      Carefully consider the option of merit-based reviews for compensation and advancement.

    2. "Unrivaled mission; Committed Colleagues"

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      Current Employee - Senior Director
      Current Employee - Senior Director
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Seattle Children's full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Opportunity to join a dedicated team to contribute to the mission to provide hope, care and cures to children in the Pacific Northwest and around the world

      Cons

      Offsite parking and limited public transportation extends the work commute; Distributed location of sites can make in-person collaboration among colleagues challenging

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    3. "Great Organization with Terrible Management"

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      Former Employee - Registered Nurse
      Former Employee - Registered Nurse

      I worked at Seattle Children's part-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Hard working staff/co-workers that create a bearable work environment and competitive pay, good benefits

      Cons

      Poor management, poor support, and very focused on bottom line.

    4. "Admin"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Seattle Children's full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Helping children that come to the hospital

      Cons

      Lack of diversity. Talk a lot about diversity but lack it through the hospital.

    5. "Good hospital, horrible management"

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      Former Employee - Procedures Coordinator in Seattle, WA (US)
      Former Employee - Procedures Coordinator in Seattle, WA (US)
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Seattle Children's full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      -Excellent clinicians
      -Patient centered
      -Transportation Incentives

      Cons

      -Lack of transparency from management
      -High turnover
      -Hostile work environment
      -Hypocrisy
      -Poor work-life balance

      Advice to Management

      "It starts with yes."
      but no one ever follows up , or actually means yes.

      Clinical staff is amazing, but I have never seen more incompetence amongst supervisors and mid-level management. SCH has a culture of placing blame and deferring responsibility to others.

      There is little to no accountability for supervisors/ directors and management receive too much of a bonus for a non-profit.

      Please place more value on your front line staff. There are far too many employees in management, and too few on the front lines.

    6. "great place where to work"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Seattle Children's full-time

      Pros

      Dynamic place and full of opportunities

      Cons

      The Pto is pretty poor

    7. "Patient's first"

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      Former Employee - Mental Health Specialist in Seattle, WA (US)
      Former Employee - Mental Health Specialist in Seattle, WA (US)

      I worked at Seattle Children's part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Challenging and client centered agency.

      Cons

      Management needs to have more of an open ear to front line workers

      Advice to Management

      Listen more and increased open door policy

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Beware of management"

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      Former Employee - Scheduler
      Former Employee - Scheduler
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Seattle Children's part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      IDK
      IDK
      If you were popular in highschool you'll fit in perfectly
      Easy to engage in malicious rumors

      Cons

      the hospital fired 2 workers for reporting a supervisors inappropriate behavior to others so I don't know how or where you go from there

      Advice to Management

      Yikes

    9. Helpful (3)

      "Great company with some growing pains"

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      Current Employee - Programmer in Seattle, WA (US)
      Current Employee - Programmer in Seattle, WA (US)
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Seattle Children's full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Great mission - improving children's health and performing ground breaking research. Medical and Dental benefits are some of the best coverage at a Seattle employer. Employees get a transportation bonus for using transit.

      Cons

      Research staff are siloed with little collaboration between centers
      - Research staff can sometimes feel like an after thought when company wide policies are instituted.
      - Research admin staff are pigeon holed to one size fits all cubicles
      - Slow to respond ergonomic support for research staff
      - Retirement match is low as compared to other employees

      Advice to Management

      Directors : Don't put managers in positions they are not qualified for
      - Listen to staff, they have good ideas
      - Be considerate to staff who may have longer tenure than they do
      - Encourage all staff to be leaders

    10. "Great to work at a place that errors to the benefit of their employees."

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Seattle, WA (US)
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Seattle, WA (US)
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Seattle Children's part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      The culture, benefits, mission, and feeling good about what you're doing! I am very proud to tell people that I work at SC and at work, I feel appreciated and important.

      Cons

      My commute is long but that's not Children's fault.

      Advice to Management

      Please continue to be honest and forthright with your staff. It's rare and refreshing.