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Dayton Childrens Hospital

What is the best part of working at the company?
Helping the chit and families of the Dayton area. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Trying to provide excellent care to the children and dealing with the out of touch management. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Coworkers are incredibly supportive, however the management from top to bottom is a lot of people that promote their friends, and avoid providing direct patient care. Additionally for the most just providing  lip service to the staff, and when they ask for the issues facing staff, the management will counsel and write staff up.

 One specific example of lip service is, nursing staff constantly has an issue getting lunch break, when management is informed of this, management throws it back on staff claiming “staff didn’t call and ask for lunch relief” but this happens day in and day out, managers alway seem to be out of the department during lunch times. 

The higher echelons of management make rounds and ask how things are, but everyone is scared to be honest. Management talks a good game but treat staff like nothing but a number. 

Perhaps worse of all is the short staffing, when safety concerns are brought up, management schedules a very intense meeting, again throwing it back on staff, saying “You don’t ask for help, I can keep a kid alive” 



What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful, feeling of no one to turn too, with out the possibility of retaliation.

This place don’t like to train you. They don’t hire within first like the say they do and when they do hire within or get promoted there’s no pay raise. They have favoritism and their are clicks and if you don’t fit in then you’re singled out. The cattiness is at an all time high. No room for growth. All it takes is for one person not to like you and then they all don’t like you and then you’re just stuck and they try to quiet fire you. You can apply multiple times to different departments and if the manager don’t like you then they will keep you stuck where you are at and try their best to get you to quit. They don’t care about tenure, they will hire someone who’s been with the company 6 months before they hire someone who’s been there for years, possibly due to not wanting to pay and then complain about training the new person. The managers and team leads work together to nit pick at anything and everything that you do. You can be doing more than the minimum requirements and it goes unrecognized so it’s pointless to go above and beyond. The gossip is unbearable and They always say they are here to help when in a group setting but when you ask they don’t respond or start playing games. They passive aggressive behavior is so serious here. I have never worked at a place like this before, of all places at a children’s hospital. 

I was an employee for almost 15 years.  Overall positive experiences, was able to experience different departments and clinic offices throughout the years.  Coworkers were overall dedicated, compassionate, have the kids' needs in mind and it was wonderful to be part of the CMC family for so long!  Unfortunately, new management came along and wanted to build a new model, hiring less experienced persons at a much lower rate, saving the department money by letting many of us go, sometimes in unethical ways.  My departure was unfavorable; I was unjustly terminated (investigated by state and determined unjust).  The methods used in the end to terminate my employment still did not outweigh all of the good that had come from working there for so many years.  Great place to work, but management does not recognize all levels appropriately.  In the end, the desire to save the department money resulted in the loss of many seasoned and hard-working, well-educated staff members.

I worked in Radiology as a PCA. Setting the rooms up for exams, procedures, etc. Picking up families from the waiting areas, explaining details  of exams, verifying information. Making calls for radiology next day appointments. My coworkers were sweet from the beginning to the end of time there. My manager was real down to heart, you could talk to her about anything. Not many like her these days. I was having a bad day when I first started and started to feel overwhelmed and she sat with me and talked me through it. 🙏🏾 I loved interacting with the families I encountered, although they were scared and stressed to be there. One job where you could truly have fun with your patients and it's the little things that matter. It warmed my heart to see them happy and even if they weren't feeling good, they were grateful. Not one bad thing I could say about this company. Everyone loves what they do and it shows, so fortunate to work with a great team. If I move back to Dayton, Children's will be the first place I apply 

A typical day at work as a surgery scheduler, I schedule, confirm and maintain patient diagnostic appointments, surgeries and medical consultations for the Orthopaedic department. Explain objectives and procedures forward questions to appropriate physician or staff member. Maintain patient time allotments according to test results feedback time
•Our Orthopaedic managers are good listeners which is essential for good management. I have the upmost respect for them because each on of them are being fair. There is a scarcity of fairness when you are apart of the Orthopaedic Center world. 
• My co-workers are like a family, more like a family, this is a friendly place, and enjoys each others company. 
• The hardest part of the job, is to make sure everything to accurate, and no mistakes are being made when scheduling surgeries for patients. 
•  The most enjoyable part of my job, is knowing that I am here to help others, ensure they are receiving the best care, and their healing process becomes a success.

My work days are AMAZING!!! Some benefits of my job are that I have zero stress at work, I feel valued, our clinic is well staffed and the benefits at Dayton Children's Hospital are phenomenal! I now have an incentive to pursue my Master's degree (DCH helps with tuition!). I am in the process of getting my Certification for Pediatric Nursing, utilizing the no pay/no pass program at DCH. They paid for the cost of the exam!!! My pet, Max, has his own insurance!!! There are always opportunities to get the needed number of CEU's for the year and there are smiles everywhere!!! Biggest satisfaction at DCH, is being able to work with children every single day. Happiness is liking what you do and I wouldn't be anywhere else!!!!

I learn something new every day. I am not the best computer guru so I always go to a younger employee to ask them how to do something and they are more than happy to help! Management: awesome, they think about their employees and their safety.  Interacting with staff. Using EPIC. All units , especially the ancillary ones are very helpful and friendly. Work culture as with anywhere has its challenges, but we are working on that. The hardest part of my job is that nurses do not realize that I do have experience and what I say may have value. The most enjoyable part of my job is when I get a "thank you".

I've worked in the lab on second shift for about 8 months now. The job itself, Lab Staff Assistant, isn't hard at all. There are some people who have worked there for so long that never get in trouble for doing things wrong and it brings down the morale of the department. If the management doesn't like you then they will find a way to get rid of you. Their employee turn over rate is terrible, and since I've been there the technicians have always been under staffed. There are 3 Lab Staff Assistant's during first shift and during second shift. They don't have any LSA's hired as PRN to be scheduled when someone has the day off or calls off. If one of those happens, then you are just short handed that day. I think that if the lab were to get new management who actually enforced the rules and help everyone to the same standards then it would be a much better work environment. I personally haven't had anything too terrible happen to me, but we never know our future.

Come in and immediately are told numbers are low and it was my job to find out why. Not scheduling or marketing. But my own. Constantly told that the scanners need to be running, when worker satisfaction and safety was brought up the response was “leadership wants the scanners to be running at all times.” Safety was pushed to the wayside in order to make quotas. Safety equipment was requested and denied due to budget reasons. Safety incidences occurred that could have been prevented by aforementioned equipment. But instead blame was placed on supervisor who was not onsite during off hours. Management is MBA>actual qualities of being a manager. Pay is not enough for tasks. Current manager spends more time looking for ways to prevent raises and bonuses than to actually manage. Could go on but I believe the point has been made. Do not work here. 

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