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Piedmont HealthCare

Well, at first working here, it started out great.  The managment in place was, for the most part, conherent, open, knowledgeable, and persceptive.  I enjoyed the team I was on, the managers rounded with their employees, professional development was encouraged, work-life balance was existent.

But, then, that all changed, after a great beginning, a large project was undertaken (Epic).  When the project started, everything was new, most of the managers were new, some of the management that should have been put into slots on the Epic team were not, and outside managers were hired (and the decision on who to hire, I am not sure the decision process in that).  Over time, I know on the team I was on, it became very clear that retaliation was something that people feared could happen.  A very hostile work environment, this team versus that team, versus the world.  All the while, none of the senior leadership was perceptive of this, they either were turning a blind eye, or they just let it happen while knowing about it.  Favoritism is very abundant within the IT department with the present managment in place, and they are losing knowledgeable people that felt like they were part of something bigger.

This all changes with poor managment that is inexperienced, does not round, does not offer or encourage professional development, etc.  They promote the people that have caused more issues than provided solutions, they promote individuals that ride the knowledge and success of their team members.  And, the opportunity for advancement, you might as well look elsewhere.  People that are qualified for the position, and would make a good fit, are not granted the opportunities.  The interviews by some managers are borderline HR non-compliant.  

Unless senior leadership truly gets a handle on the management that is in place, they are going to lose the people that are/were dedicated to the greater picture.  There is definitely a need for a "redo" in some areas.  

Benefits are also something to consider at this place, they now offer a healthplan that would better serve someone that is completely healthy with no health issue.  If all you do is go to the doctor for a physical, then you are good, but if you go to urgent care, ER, have kids that get sick constantly from the nastiness they get at school and daycare.....Look elsewhere, because you will be paying quite a bit.

Do not work for Piedmont Patient Connection Center. They have SOME women in leadership positions that are insecure and block you from lateral and higher positions.( I am a woman) I was very encouraged that women were in leadership positions when I started but when you have women that are backbiting and negative you consistently become discouraged and depleted of energy.You ask a simple question for clarity about work they come back with an unprofessional attitude. However if their favorites talk about "what they did this Saturday?" Something NOT work related they smile and have a great conversation. This company promotes those who don't deserve it because they get attitudes when you ask them about resources or ideas and they have a snarky attitude. Even though leadership makes horrible decisions that caused workers to work overtime , because people hated coming to work and they acted as if it was our fault and not their micromanagement as well as negative. The job itself isn't a hard job it is leadership that makes it that way. If you want a job that you can collaborate with leadership to make it a better place. This is not the place for you. If you want to do what your told and dont look up from your desk because a computer system is tracking your every move. This is the place for you. This system let's your supervisor know that you are using the restroom, break , or lunch and they track that by the minute. At Piedmont your their property during your workday. They let you know this by their actions as well by tracking you to the tee in this department. They have mandatory overtime for leadership's bad decisions and still have attitudes towards you many people have left this department. Please do not work here you feel like a machine instead of a person. This is the worst place I have worked. Please don't work here it is so stressful. So many people have left and they have noticed this and blocked people from transfers and they ended up leaving externally. This insecurity and lack of leadership creates a very stressful environment to go to day after day. Also they ask how they an help make it less stressful and they tell and have an attitude to a person that offers a suggestion. so unprofessional without unity unless you are a friend of leadership which takes major butt kissing to keep your job and at that point you really dont have to do anything but show up and that affects morale. Please dont do it with this department run from the patient connection center. Don't do it. So stressful.

I haven't loathed a nursing job as much as this one. Expect to hear only about the bad things we do on the job. Rarely do we receive praise about the positive things we do, collectively or individually. It does not motivate people to stay here. I have never met once with a manager to just talk about how things are going, which is extremely odd. In all of my past jobs, they conducted one-on-ones and I could sense my managers genuinely cared. Not here. The managers are not approachable, seem flustered all the time, not professional, sometimes don't even know who you are.

There are many nice coworkers on the floor. But most are too busy, overworked, stressed themselves to get the help you need with patient care. Team work is lacking. Aides or unit secretaries would help negate this problem but they either can't retain them or won't pay for them.

I was hoping it would get better with Piedmont. While Piedmont is trying to do good, it just added more job stress because we are not equipped to provide the very best care. They keep adding more tasks but no additional supportive staff. They are trying to add more required educational classes but the times they offer are awful. Why not just have some experienced RNs volunteer to help with the skills check off to offer more days/convenient times? 

Some of the nurses who have been there awhile are bitter and overtly mean. I've heard nurses openly call other nurses/ floors "stupid" a bunch of times loudly.

There is a small handful of specialty physicians who bully and belittle you. Not a good atmosphere for learning. In my previous hospitals, managers would have nurses' backs and report them. You won't get that support here. They don't value nursing here.

It is super hard to get in touch with HR. Don't even have a nurse educator on site full-time. We weren't educated well on Piedmont benefits when they transitioned over. I couldn't even tell you if they pay for going back to school, etc. 

Piedmont is the worst possible hospital you could ever imagine being employed by.  Management thinks they have "people skills" and connections with the employees (couldn't be further from the truth), and they want to breeze in a few hours a day pretending to be in meetings off site the majority of the day.  Management is comprised of highly incompetent individuals that have been completely excluded by all forms of society (for obvious reasons), but allow Piedmont to present itself as an equal opportunity employer.  Management is bullied by the outside world for being "freaks" and abuses their Piedmont power by taking out their frustration on the people that are victim to reporting to them.  Management is never available and never responds to patient's concerns.  There is no support, no applicable training and every employee is hung out to dry, expected to work at lightning speed.  If an employee makes mistakes because they are constantly being rushed and encouraged to compromise on care, the employee is admonished and made to feel as if they are an idiot. It is a stifling environment that will never encourage or support a healthy exchange for the employee and most importantly the patient.  The nurses and staff are doing all the work and are treated like robots.  The nurses and staff back stab one another and are forced to abide by a fantasy caste system, because they are so miserable in their minion roles with no light at the end of the tunnel.  The doctors, who are social rejects outside of hospital walls, want to be put up on a pedestal and never corrected, even when they are blatantly wrong.  It is highly discouraged at Piedmont to take time with a patient and treat them like a human being, investing in their care.  Management and physicians are clueless about the patients and make no attempt to treat them like anything but numbers and quotas to meet their numbers.  Piedmont's only concern is making a bigger footprint while comprising patient care.  Piedmont is not an organization you want to be involved with in any way shape or form.

During a typical shift at PMH, I am responsible for 14-16 MedSurg patients of varying degrees of acuity, ranging from the 30 y/o ambulatory chest pain to the 90 y/o Urosepsis with altered mental status and Combative tendencies. 

In the three years I have worked at PMH, I have learned so much about patient care that I feel could not have come from an office or a nursing home. Where else can you discover that a DOA from an apparent ATV wreck is actually a gunshot wound victim - a disguised homicide? 

The managers in my department are usually supportive and not afraid to get their hands dirty. Our managers are understanding of mistakes or omissions when they do happen, and work with the employees to make sure errors do not recur, rather than criticizing or insulting them. 

I really have a great set of coworkers. I cannot complain about my MedSurg friends. We have a great work atmosphere borne of respect and friendship. We all band together and help one another, especially on the tough nights when things get insanely busy. There is no rivalry or competition to speak of.

The hardest part of the job is wearing yourself down for 12 1/2 hours with little or no time for a break, putting aside your own comfort for the care of others, and then being treated with disrespect. We do not expect any thanks or appreciation, but when perfectly sane adults yell, scream and cuss because the treat you walked to the kitchen to fetch for them is not their favorite flavor, that really stings. 

The most enjoyable part of the job - those rare moments when a precious elderly woman looks you in the eye and says, "Thank you. You're such a sweet girl," or when a perfect stranger stands crying in your arms because of the dignified care you gave her husband in his final hours. Those are the moments that make the awful ones worth it.

The ofiices that I worked in were fabulous! The doctors and staff were excellent! I volunteered to help out at another office that was short staffed and quickly realized why they were short staffed... There was a major problem with management there. It was a hostile work environment with an even more abusive office manager. It was the most awful work experience I've ever had (and I was only "helping out". I left that office and never looked back. The corporation as a whole pretends that they care about patient care and experience, and that they value their employees, but fail at actually showing it. They expect 150%, yet only acknowledge or reward with a cheap "attaboy/pat on the back" I'm a hard worker by nature. I can't just sit and do nothing. I volunteer to help out anywhere I can in the office, even in other offices but get the bare minimum respect or incentive reward simply because I was employed as PRN (even though I worked full time hours regularly) Once I stopped volunteering to do all the extra things, I was replaced and suddenly they couldn't find any hours for me. I gave them my all and they turned their backs on me when they couldn't get anymore free blood from me anymore. Not worth it. A corporation should appreciate the employees that actually work hard and show up on time/stay late and go above and beyond. Unfortunately, Piedmont is more concerned with their pockets than their employees, patients, etc. Sorry Piedmont, but 50% of an incentive bonus and a cheap lunchbox with the company logo on it just isn't gonna keep the folks around that would cut off their arms for you. Wellstar has you beat by a long shot on employee appreciation!

In the early days of my career, about 11 years ago, its was really good.  The hospital cared about its employees, gave raises more than once a year, bonuses, pretty good benefits, management okay with the exception of a few and adequate staff.  Post recession and Obamacare, major cuts in benefits, some completely dissolved, staff laid off, staff demoted, changes in management, changes in working hours, major staff shortages, absolutely no opportunity for advancement or learning new modalities, large turnover rates and then positions not filled for those leaving.  Micromanagement instead of real management, old equipment except for new digital portables, always breaking down, some favoritism for those who didn't deserve it, high expectations for productivity and patient satisfaction but not enough staff to meet the demands, employees overworked, always tired and burned out.  CEO died and then a new regime took over and high nurse turnover rates, all the good ones who had dedicated their lives and careers to Piedmont either left or forced out-those with many years of experience, pensions even reduced for those who had many years.  Malpractice events, mostly surgical up greatly from what used to be mostly negligible cases.  No consistency with policies and protocols, always changing and not everyone informed, bad communication from managers and director only concerned about his pocket/bonus at the cost of the employees. We lost a lot of good people who just gave up and moved on but can't blame them.  I went back to school to pursue a different degree.  A hospital that once had a great reputation but now is below standard.

Piedmont was my first nursing job and they did a great job with the education of new graduates in 2007. I was under the wing of an experienced nurse preceptor for 4.5 months during which time classes were provided to strengthen knowledge of each body system, pharmaceuticals, lab interpretation, phlebotomy, and facility specific safety practice policies. Piedmont also provided classes at a simulated lab for cardiac rhythm practice and scenario practicals at a nearby facility. After the economy declined late 2008, decisions began being made that effected safety practices and staff satisfaction. 45 minutes lunches decreased to 30 minutes, nurse/ patient ratio increased to 5 or more, and patients began to have to take hall beds regularly. Although there were opportunities to make additional monetary compensations due to the staffing situation, the working conditions became so poor that staff wouldn't even come in for extra money.  The morale of the staff declined quickly, people began to search employment elsewhere, and that led to costly shortcuts, patient hostility, horrendous short staffing situations, and less knowledgable nurses being hired. With all of that happening there were 4 different directors in the 4 years that I was employed at Piedmont. The work environment went from shiny 10k gold to pyrite with the blink of an eye.

Piedmont bought out Columbus Regional two years after I started working there.  I feel that Piedmont is not focused on employees but rather on gobbling up healthcare facilities in Georgia.  Raises were almost non existent, moral was overall low, and during covid people were not compensated equally.  As a vascular ultrasound tech we had a lot of direct contact with covid patients with limited PPE.  We were not given hazard pay like almost every other department.  There were people who had no direct contact with covid patients that got extra money.  If you are in imaging services I would consider your options before working for Piedmont.  I felt unappreciated as an employee…. Just a number on a piece of paper.  We were severely short staffed with no one to help create another position there were only two vascular techs in an almost 600 bed facility and our call covered 2 hospitals with 2.50 call pay.  We averaged a minimum of 10 patients but most often did more.  Cardiology could not keep a manager the last 4 years working there and vascular ultrasound was an afterthought.  Our requests for help and equipment were almost always overlooked. The lack of competitive pay, lack of raises, and being very short staffed were the deciding factors for me leaving.  I relocated to NC making $10 more an hour with a company that shows more appreciation for it’s employees.  On the positive side the benefits were in my opinion great and my coworkers were amazing and hard to part with. If you are an RN or a doctor you will be appreciated and treated with more respect but if you are in imaging, especially vascular or echo not so much.

On most days we work very short of staff. The volume of cases is heavy and stressful. The level of skill to work at this facility is advanced and fast-paced. We often work with reduced resources, supplies, and instrumentation and equipment. Relief for lunches and end of the shift are not reliable. The staff works harder than any other facility I have encountered. Call backs occur every day and result in call outs for the next day and produce an over extended and tired staff daily. I learned to be resourceful and how to be efficient and complete my schedule in spite of the obstacle before me. Managment, let me just say that I have been through 5 Surgical Services restructurings and there isn't any improvement for the better of the Operating Room. The culture is working afraid, stressed out, overworked, underpaid, intimidation, high turn over for staff, short staffed every day, The hardest part of the job is caring and wanting to do a good job and having a work ethic with high expectations and being told that your work ethic and values are too high. That you need to lower your values and expectations. The most enjoyable part of my job is being part of something that results in a person who is gravely ill and dying being given a second chance at life.

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