technician

registered nurse - critical care

liaison

family advocate

coordinator

Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network

The culture here is great, wonderful people, fair compensation, great benefits. 
So I'll just note the few bad things:
As a TRC the expectation to take on cases that would keep you late, very late is intense. Also there are often meetings that pop up with a day or two notice you must attend, or that start in the morning after working an overnight. I have been told by friends in other departments that it is the same fo them too, and that when interviewing, this was not made entirely clear. They just made a major change this year with scheduling and pay that lost nearly half their staff. I'm still here, but I can't understand why the change was made and why we didn't try to keep the good people.
Mostly it's great here except for the scheduling headaches and major holdovers, (by which i mean 2 hours all the time, up to 8+ hours over) I don't know how my associates with kids manage this.
It's great knowing we are making a difference in people's lives, but sometimes it's hard to remember that with the pressures of the job.

I love Gift of Hope!!  CEO is amazing and inspiring! I plan to retire with this company if I am blessed enough to live that long.  I have been fortunate enough to be promoted after 1 year of service, from the call center to the Donation Specialist position.  HOH is continually providing new and ongoing training for all employees in order to keep us informed and compliant by following best practices in our industry.  Group meetings and p e-on/one meetings also help us proactively communicate valuable led information and allow the inter department teams to work co- heesivy with one another.

A typical day at this job was in-servicing ICU floor staff nurses, medical records, getting to know many of the physicians and hospital administration and educators. I learned the process of organ donation was an important job and had many layers of complexity. I worked with a wonderful team and learned more on this job than most of my jobs in the past or even future. I found this job to be my most challenging and the most interesting. My co-workers were a great team to work with and also became my friends. The hardest part of the job were hearing the tragic stories of patients becoming organ donors, but the most enjoyable were the patients on the receiving end who would have another chance at life.

This job is very demanding, you are dispatched at 6 AM, get to the hospital which is sometimes over an hour away and then leave the hospital whenever things are done which can be 3 PM or midnight.  On top of your on call days, expect to come in to the office for meetings and taking PTO has to be scheduled months in advanced, last minute illnesses are too bad for you, cause your probably going to be guilted into working anyways. If you have kids, you better have some good backup care because if they get sick,  you need to work anyways. The culture is very toxic, you have to meet numbers. Essentially this is a sales role but with human lives. Donation is important, but this agency should look at the health of its employees.

Management from the CEO down to the department managers have no idea what is going on in their departments.  The immediate supervisors are "Yes" people to their superiors.  The company culture is constantly shoved down employees throats, while management never honors it.  You as an individual are only about your numbers.  I speak as a former upper level manager.
We are constantly having to attend meetings that are disorganized and accomplish nothing- these meetings are required, and usually during your personal time.  You never have enough time to decompress. 

A typical work day is filled with different projects. Had to meet deadlines constantly, keep track of work done, provide administrative assistance as needed, organize files and archive as needed, consolidate reports at the end of the month to ensure all incoming data is accurate, and be part of saving someones life.  Co-workers are enjoyable to be around. Hardest part is keeping cool is such a high pressured, deadline driven environment.  Enjoyable part meeting those deadlines and exceeding company expectations.

This is a toxic work environment with high employee turnover as a result. There is very little leadership demonstrated by those in management, just those eager to abuse their power. Those that are unethical and immoral are rewarded, while those that work hard and have high standards are treated poorly. There is no work/life balance and your personal time is not your own. You will not have your days off as actually off. The culture of this institution is all about talking with families until they say yes, not about respecting decisions. I am rescinding my donor status as a result of working here.

A typical work day is 12 hrs and 3-4 cases in a day. It is a very physical job, we reveiw authorized cases and screen with tissue processors this will then give us an idea on what the donor is eligible to donate depending on their medical history and age. The work enviroment can become very stressful if we are not fully staffed or if their is an emotional factor in the case. The most enjoyable part of my job is knowing we have made a diffrence in someone life through donation.

I am a new hire at GOH! I love the mission , love the company . I have been employed for about a month now. All I can say is the person charged with leading and managing my Team. Well I can say is . People don't quit companies, they leave managers. Lol… All I can say is very interesting human being. This person is there own downfall and the downfall of the department. 

Working at Gift of Hope can be extremely rewarding. The mission is outstanding and the people are crazy smart, passionate and driven. The benefits are great too, and there is a lot of organizational financial stability. However, the leadership team is inconsistent which has created a negative culture. Mistrust, anger and resentment are growing because toxic bully's aren't ever dealt with.

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