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Meritus-Health

This workplace is one of the most micromanaging, favoritism and drama run office I have ever came across. Managers gossip and pick favorites and sent nasty emails. If you are a person of color you will automatically become a target to micromanaging behavior from all leads and managers. If you make a mistake you will be jumped on and automatically tattled on and called out by lead nurses to managers. Asking for help to many times when you are training also gets you in trouble. They also pay very very low and pick favorites on whether or not you can be promoted. They will lie about the location in which you are supposed to be working as well. Most of these positions are not standard office positions and you will have to casually float sometimes to other lab offices and it’s mandatory. The environment of this workplace is like high school and that’s why it has extremely high turnover rate. Many people simply wrote their resignation letters at work and quit because the environment is so bad there. You also have the chance of getting fired for anything from making too many mistakes. They also do not excuse sick time. So don’t get sick or you will get written up. The workplace is not unified at all due to high school behavior and it’s not diverse at all in lead roles so don’t try. If you do get hired they will make you come in for an unpaid work tryout and you sit and train to see if you think you can do it and they sent you home and let you know they’ll be in contact. STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE.

WCH was great including AHS when Meritus took over, and the medical group went to Meritus, it really went down hill. Work you like a dog and not even a thank you. The senior leaders are bullies, you have to use YOUR OWN time to cover holidays, mid level managers were leaving left and right one after the other. They have job openings from 6 months ago and some jobs are open over and over. There is so much turn over because other area facilities pay better, have better benefits and good leadership. There is no training how to do your job you are thrown into it and expected to know and don't mess up or they are in your face. Some areas are good old boy style management esp. on the doctor office side, not so much the hospital. WCH and AHS people where happy at work, Meritus, they all walk around like zombies, the morale is really bad, patients even comment on it. No one trusts anyone else, senior leaders need to really listen to staff and take action!

In the interview they give you a fair idea what it could be like. In the training process for Brook Lane they scare the heck out of you and make you question your decision then place you in the units and you think it isn’t so bad but then you realize if you aren’t an RN you’re not a nurse. As an LPN you may do medication or you may be a mental health associate but you won’t be trained as a mental health associate or know how to do their charting/documentation. Meritus is only involved when it’s convenient for them, and when it’s not well they are just an affiliate to Brook Lane. 90% of the RN’s are travel nurses. Brook Lane has lots of management nurses but they would never be pulled to work a unit. The PRN RN evening supervisor can typically be found standing around chatting with security.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Speed in filling departments, several areas...single person doing double 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Untrained supervisor, department never acknowledged urgent need for department to be run short handed with one ever noticing how staff was effected only if supplies not done

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
No one looks at you due to their work in their departments..

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Clock In
Print orders to fill
Pull your floors
Fill
Deliver
Unless on call, all you get done is answer phone,run supplies ER, or emergency carts, refill carts used and replace, while answering phone calls trying to get their requests filled

This organization has great potential as it is the only health system in the county. It offers a clinically integrated network that is linked with a robust electronic health record data warehouse. It has a well respected Physician-Hospital Organization with very active physician leadership. It started an ACO in 2014 that has the potential to be transformative. The health system built a brand new facility in the last five years that connects to a large professional arts building that houses over 90 multi-specialty practices. The health system's market dominance has been a double-edged sward in terms of meeting future health care demands.

Meritus has a welcoming, family environment for such a large organization. They invest hours/days of time in trainings from culture, leadership, crucial conversations, kata, and other technical needs. Many of which can help us at home and at work, be better versions of ourselves. They are by far the best at this than any company I have worked with, and the quality of care is telling. I've had trainings with our CEO (orientation) and COO (Leadership Training Camp) facilitating them. It speaks to the culture and that people are more than a number at Meritus. They offer tuition reimbursement too for external learning opportunities. Meritus also does a lot for their employees. From healthy food options to events/activities on campus and off campus, they are always giving back.

Used to be a fantastic place to work at . Once it became Meritus the culture changed dramatically and more so as time has gone by. It’s the only health system in the area that tends to layoff its employees every year when they review their budgets.
There are some great employees there, especially the ones that are from the area. The moral is apparently low. Employees are scared of loosing their jobs.The pay is not competitive and they don’t negotiate salary. Administration is cordial but in my experience are focused on the new medical school.
It could potentially be a great place to work at as it once was but they need to work on paying their staff better and ensuring job security.

You are constantly overworked with no appreciation whatsoever with a pay that does not match the workload. The only good thing I can say is you have an opportunity to learn a lot if you apply yourself. Alot of staff are rude and unwilling to help, if you bring this to managements attention nothing will be done or it will be turned around on you. The workload is absolutely insane and they do not staff appropriately or safely. Management and leads will not stay to help if understaffed, you get told “do what you can, the next shift will be stuck with what is left.” You can definitely improve your skills here but comes at the cost of losing a lot of time with your family, being treated poorly and being understaffed and underpaid.

Meritus has a toxic working environment.  It’s a culture based on fear and punishment.  One must keep their mouth shut and just do their job.  Nurse patient ratios are ridiculous because they are usually short staffed.  And they are short staffed because nurses are leaving.  Instead of rewarding loyal staff with retention bonus, they instead bring in travel nurses to fill staffing  holes.  The goals  set for nursing units are unrealistic.  For example, the expectation for the ER turn around time is 120 minutes, yet there can be a 4 hour wait !  Obviously people setting the unit goals are not at the bedside doing the work. I wouldn’t bother applying here.  Most toxic place I’ve ever worked.  Try Chambersburg or Martinsburg instead.

Genuinely one of the most hostile places I've ever worked. Everything is manipulation, pettiness, and passive aggressive. You will have little to no support from administration, and depending on the classroom you work in you'll have no support from your teacher either. You're very unlikely to receive the proper training you'll need for this specific position, and you'll likely be given no direction to work with. Administration is also just generally very manipulative and vindictive; talking behind others' backs and going out of your way to make other people's jobs harder is a daily occurrence, and something that is reinforced by management. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Registered nurse 106 salaries reported	$43.17 per hour
Office secretary 76 salaries reported	$20.44 per hour
Medical assistant 72 salaries reported	$22.93 per hour
Observer 46 salaries reported	$23.45 per hour
Security officer 45 salaries reported	$20.44 per hour

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