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East Tennessee Childrens Hospital

In the security department, I’ve been written up 4 times and suspended once in 4 years. When a documented discussion would have done just as good and would’ve probably garnered more respect from me as I don’t respond well to over-authoritarian or intimidation tactics. The department managers seemed to always have 2 or 3 people they always seemed to focus on ant any given time. Those people would get written up, suspended or get an audience at an A** chewing sessions starring you as the chewee. You’re never recognized officially for doing a good job or for going “above and beyond”. The most you might get is a “good job” as a passing comment from a supervisor but NEVER anything documented like a certificate for outstanding performance or a community service award or any type of official recognition but they sure don’t have a problem putting “pen to paper” for any “discipline” they deem appropriate. 

A typical day at work for me normally consists being a Respiratory Therapist in the ED, as it is my favorite place to be in the hospital. Each day is different in the ED, and we have to be on our feet and toes at all times, never knowing the next patient that may walk through the door may be in cardiac arrest or another unfortunate situation. My workplace consists of a variety of different cultures, a big part being the hispanic population; we have wonderful interpreters to help with these families. Strong teamwork is required with skills necessary to save the lives of patients. The hardest part of my job hands down is dealing with the death of a child, after working so hard to have saved them: no one could ever prepare you for such a tragedy. On the other hand, the most rewarding part of my job is when we can save the life of a patient. One thing I have learned over the years is that children are so resilient. They can be very sick one minute, and bounce right back the next.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working with kids is very rewarding.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It has become the norm to be drastically short staffed and this is stressful because it effects your ability to provide the excellent care most of us strive to give every patient.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Most of the staff are very compassionate and skilled.  However, the overall trend has been to ignore retention of staff leading to a lot of turnover and thus less experienced and staff with a lesser skills set.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Overworked due to poor staffing levels.  Dealing with disgruntled parents due to long wait times.  Staff frustration leads to poor moral which effects teamwork.

Working in the pharmacy meant so much to me. I loved working their because I knew I was making a difference in that childs life and with the families because I was  making all the childs medicine. To me that was so meaningful to me, since I wasn't working directly with child. I also would talk to the parents about certian med questions they may have. I love working in any Pharmacy because I love helping each family differently. I never was bored or dreaded going to work. Each day was a little different due to each Child is different. My favorite part was kmowing I could make the IV drip or The Oral meds for the sick child.

This company does not care about employee safety or well being. They are all about the bottom line with no regard for their hard working employees. You can present well researched information and your ideas will still not be taken into consideration. The most selfish, money grubbing company I have every worked for. The culture there is petty and resembles a junior high atmosphere with an abundance of catty, immature individuals. Expect to carry your cellphone at all times while off the clock as you will be punished in one way or another if you do not answer on your days off.

There were never any measurable goals set and you were constantly berated in front of other leaders for not meeting goals that you were unclear of. Completely toxic environment where leaders were always looking to protect themselves and never assist or help each other…there was no sense of building each other up. Administration was so removed from what you were doing and they had no clue how to do their own jobs let alone yours…arrogant and not concerned with patient care. Nursing and administration would spend money on preferential items versus utilizing the donated funds in a judicious manor. They were spoiled. 

I'd say in that working here is like working anywhere, you struggle to improve and do your best and at the same time you are dealing with some excellent people and definitely some outrageous and unhelpful people. Management here is in my opinion "fussy" and there is definitely some power abuse as in I'm a supervisor and I don't care that your understaffed and miserable, it's not my problem. Granted thats not all management, but a good majority of it is. Bottom line, this is no paradise and definitely not a place where advancement or making friends is an easy task.

The staff acts like 5 year olds, always going behind your back and complaining to the bosses. You never know who is going to set you up for the fall….YES it happens a lot…you’ve got hateful old geezers that need to retire YESTERDAY. But the worst part are the young people there who run the place.If you are not young like they are they treat you like **** Children’s is the lowest paying hospital in all of Knoxville. The CEO gave us a dollar raise and said “it’s not about the money” but the CEO makes 1.2 MILLION bucks a year….

Personal information about employees freely told to other employees by management. Certain people get full lunch breaks while others do not. Certain people get vacations no matter when they turn them in while others do not. Management and nursing single out a certain diagnosis and do not treat them with the same respect and care as they would patients with different diagnosis causing conflict of patient care.

Overall great place to work. Lab is not a prefered place to work. Favoritism, backstabbing, lies, and bullying and poor management. Once those 3 on 2nd shift are replaced with professional  people the lab would be great as it once was.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse 5 salaries reported	$29.60 per hour
Medical technologist 1 salary reported	$32.50 per hour
Technician 3 salaries reported	$12.33 per hour
Medical assistant 3 salaries reported	$20.00 per hour
Surgical technologist 2 salaries reported	$22.91 per hour

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