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Leadership at SCP is it's biggest downfall. From the top, they only want you to do as you're told and not provide input.  If you have any, they don't listen or care enough to consider your input so you don't feel valued. They have no desire to improve quality or efficiencies, or do the right thing by the clinical providers that work for them, their hospital client or the patients they treat...their anwer for everything is to keep cutting costs, and they only recognize you based on your ability to beat budget.  Employees are very cliquish. Mediocre or poor performers never get terminated, they get  promotions or get transitioned to other roles. Decisions from the top aren't very solid, and all they do is regurgitate the same old things that have been done before and try to pass it off as a new initiative.  All of the employees know this to be the case, but just give leadership lip service by saying how great their decisions are and grumble about the truth to each other.  No one is truly given any authority to make decisions despite their titles and responsibilities....it's very much a "mother, may I?" mentality.  The company seems to make.  People are held accountable to meeting goals that are not within their control. Incentives are structured so that you can't realistically meet the required quotas to earn the incentive pay.   They push all employees to participate in "anonymous" quarterly employee satisfaction surveys, but ideas shared in the surveys are not listened to, and no one wants to share negative input as we know it's not truly anonymous and we will be identified by leadership.



Unfortunately there wasn't a typical work day, especially when there really wasn't any workflow/procedures or policies for the work particular units. Those with the knowledge of how the work should be done, was rebuffed/ignored. 
Learned you couldn't make suggestions, unless you wanted to receive unwanted repercussions (ie. negative work performance evaluation).
Not many of those in management were Professional other than the VP (he was very personable), with that being said, some of the directors and their immediate direct reports were the worst. Instead of appreciating those that had more knowledge/experience than them, they would look for ways to get rid of them. 
Depending on the department you worked in, the work culture could be very toxic and make for an unhealthy work environment.
The work should have been fairly simple to do, but due to egos of others, they made the work somewhat impossible to complete. 
They did offer executive management preparation (Ilead program), you have to be nominated by your supervisor/manager and signed off by the director and then you must write an essay as to way you should be selected. 
The Ilead program allowed you to gain insight and learn what you will be doing as a member of management (yes the assignments were very productive, it also required us to work as a team across all departments).



I love that each week brings something new; I'm continually learning and challenging myself.  My days are really busy and full of a variety of tasks, which makes the days go by pretty quickly.
Management is always there to reach out to if needed.  I like that I can reach out to other teams for information as well; everyone is friendly and willing to help.
I think the hardest thing for me to get used to was having everyone spread out in different offices around the U.S., different time zones, etc.  I was used to my manager and team members working in the same building, easy to stop by and talk about issues.  We have the necessary tools to communicate easily with people and now that I'm used to it, it doesn't bother me at all.
I really like that the company cares about the employees. They also try to incorporate fun things to do along with required training and tasks.  For example during our annual compliance training sometimes there are daily games or trivia where you can participate to win prizes.  
I like the company, it's values and the employees; I've really enjoyed working here and am planning on many more years of working here.

Responsibilities are delegated fairly, but there is a lot of indecisiveness with various reporting and expectations. Training is sitting on calls for long hours with no detailed explanations- just random brainstorming and generic problem solving. There is never really a truly defined session for training. Having experience is one thing,  training for the company way is lost. 
The teams are kind and have good personalities, but some of the managers and directors are very comfortable sharing the performances of others, and the disappointments with those individuals that make mistakes. This is very unprofessional and it does not make for security in a team environment. There are people that are "friends" and they are comfortable with these behaviors.
There has been transition. People are beginning to come and go and this is a red flag for those of us that would like to call this company home. 
There is no micromanagement which is wonderful, but there is also no solid structure. 

I have been working at SCP Health for 8 years and for the most part it has been great. Like all companies there is good and bad, but the good far outweighs the bad for me. The pay is good, the benefits are great, and the work life balance is outstanding. My supervisor cares about his team. When we have hectic weeks or finish complicated projects, he regularly comes to us on Friday afternoon and says “It’s too beautiful of a day to be at work. You guys and gals killed this week(s) go enjoy your weekend”. To him and the company it is no big deal for us to leave a couple hours early, but to the team it shows us that we he appreciates our hard work and wants us to get back some of the time we lost while working. 

The downsides for me have been lack of advancement and low pay raises. The turnover is low, so the opportunities to move up are very few and far between. Pay raises are limited to small percentages regardless of how well you do on your evaluation. 


 SCP Health in many respects is like a microcosm of the industry and is on the front lines dealing with the issues and challenges of the day.  As such you can learn an incredible amount about the diverse aspects of the US Healthcare system. There is a high level of focus on supporting our doctors, NPs, and PAs. The culture has always been very welcoming, friendly and family centric, and it still has an Emergency Medicine mindset - which can be good and bad.  Very reactive and responsive to "emergencies," which has been a strength during recent tumultuous times.  But for those looking for a high level of stability and routine, it can be frustrating.  That said, even as a national company it still has a small company feel, and you can easily access leadership if you're willing to.  

Didn't enjoy working here, only liked my coworkers; you will work hard, have to see admissions plus round on patients, and if your admitter NP/PA have to respond to rapids and codes, and help with IVs or NG tubes placement for non-hospitalists patients plus any of your patients if needed; you have to do peer to peers for hospital stay denials, cause there to cheap to hire someone;  felt like I was just a number. And midlevels have to stay full 12hr shift.

Schumacher has made a lot of changes since I first started there, some good and some bad.  When I first started there it was more of a caring family attitude and there are a lot of wonderful colleagues but Senior management has recently started making unrealistic demands of it's employees and a lot of good people have left. Over all, it's a very well structured company with lots of checks and balances in place. All necessary healthcare guidelines are followed explicitly.  It is not an 8 - 5 job. You need to be available at all hours in case an emergency should arise or a doctor needs to speak with you over the weekend.  Doctors do seem to enjoy working with Schumacher as opposed to other contract management firms so that says a lot about the company culture and it's employees.

What is the best part of working at the company?
starting off the job was great and I enjoyed what I did.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Felt like if I don’t perform above and beyond my requirements each month, that I would be fired. After a while management changes happened and they changed everything, then they happened again and changed everything again. There was never any consistency and the job I signed on for was not the same job I was doing. I was constantly in fear of losing my job. Once the newest management came in, they were looking to cut people and use any excuse they could to do so. Toxic environment and I would NOT recommend. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic and management is ALWAYS changing.

The training is a joke. They do not train properly and hold you accountable because they expect you to do the work and you do something incorrect. Not to mention the the Supervisor having a personal issue towards me only.  She would be very helpful to the others on the team but would make me feel uncomfortable if I asked questions.  I never got the help I needed.
Supervisor never came to me to ask how I was doing. This is not a good place to start working at, the management is not on your side at all, and unwilling to help you in any kind of way. There are 2 types of training. Market and System. I asked for help on market and was given system training. Then when it comes down, the said they felt they gave me all the training I needed and let me go. I repeatedly gone to them about it but it did no good.

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Nurse practitioner 20 salaries reported	$127,877 per year
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Hospitalist 4 salaries reported	$142,430 per year
Acute care nurse practitioner 3 salaries reported	$172,667 per year

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