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Tidelands Health is more of a virus than a healthcare company. They buy up all the practices in the area so that patients have nowhere else to go. They then institute their policies, which are only in place to protect the managers. 
This is the only company where I have ever worked that does not have working managers. The managers have no idea what is going on in day-to-day operations. They spend all their time in meetings or in their offices. While they appear to be approachable, everything they are doing is for their own protection. Nothing is planned in advance and when things are poorly implemented, it falls on the employees to pick up the pieces. 
Everyone acts as if patient care is the priority but in reality it is their bottom line. Human resources only exists to protect lazy managers. If an employee is injured on the job, they will destroy that employee for making it known what happened. 
If the employee tries for workmans compensation, the hospital system will make sure they are never able to work in the area again. The department heads make decisions without ever hearing anyones side of the story but their own. They will implement a new policy or procedure without doing due diligence or any research. Their EMR system came out literally in 1990. They are so far behind what other hospitals are offering, it is almost mind-boggling. 
You will start here and think that everything is great but soon you will see all the little things that build up. You will hear things from disgruntled employees and not believe it but soon you will face it head-on.  There is absolutely no work-life balance, though they preach that this is important to them. You work in a hospital and, naturally, are going to get sick more than if you worked elsewhere. Due to poor staffing, if you are sick or hurt, you will be expected to work even though it may be dangerous to yourself and to patient safety. 
Tidelands Health is slowly infecting the greater Grand Strand region with its poor culture. 

Notice how unhappy employees are when you start working. Notice that other places may have similar job responsibilities but pay more than $6/hour more! 

It's unfortunate that so many healthcare organizations are now owned by Tidelands Health because, if you don't want to work here (TRUST ME, YOU DO NOT WANT TO WORK HERE), you will be hard-pressed to find a job elsewhere.  

Plan to work all holidays, through hurricanes, through ice storms, et cetera. Nothing matters to Tidelands Health except that you are there doing exactly what they tell you to do with no errors. If you make an error, prepare to be fried like an ant under a magnifying glass.  

The hours are ludicrous even for a healthcare organization. You will work 7-10 days in a row & they will be sure to call you during your days off to see if you can work because they have not properly staffed their department.  

Patients will wait days in the emergency room for a bed to open because they simply do not have enough nurses to staff the rooms. There will be 30 open rooms but you will not be admitted because they refuse to bring in nurses to staff.  

I truly can't explain how many things seem so right about this company but, in reality, are so terribly wrong.

I worked at the Georgetown hospital as a CNA. There was little to no help from the nurses. They chose what they wanted to deal with and what they didn’t, they pushed off on the CNAs. They always gave excuses about either they were charging or had to pass meds... which would be understandable if they were really doing that. They’d give you an excuse and then you’d see them chatting with other nurses or on their phones. The pay was extremely low for the amount of work expected from us. A lot of the nurses duties were pushed off on the aids and we were constantly asked to do things outside of our job description. Not being a brat but you can lose your license if you’re a caught doing that. Certain nurses hated going into rooms labeled with C.Diff or lice. If you were in the room and called for help, they wouldn’t come most of the time. If they were in the room and the patient needed to go to the bathroom they’d come out and tell the aid to do it. A lot of the nurses feel entitled. The aids do the majority of the work and get paid way way less. It’s sad. Over worked and underpaid. I’ve even had instances when I would be in the room with a new nurse and we’d be in a pinch and the new nurse would be freaking out because she didn’t know what to do, so I’d have to take over and show her. The nurses are really clicky too. As for management, when you express a concern they turn the other cheek unless you’re one of the “favorites.” Also I would have anywhere from 9-21 patients alone. And no, I am not exaggerating. Sometimes I would be the only CNA on the whole floor for 21 patients. Ridiculous. You cannot give all 21 patients proper care and attention with that many to look after. And these weren’t easy going ambulatory patients either. Some were bed ridden, hospice, trach patients, max assist, orthopedic patients. Insane. They go strictly by the census. So if you’re drowning that’s just too bad because “the census doesn’t require another aid.” I was NOT fired so I’m not writing this out of anger. I’m writing this because these were decisions that led me to RESIGN and I feel for the ones still working in those conditions and the future aids that will have to put up with it.

I very much enjoy my job. However, no one is held accountable for things, management will say " we will talk" and then they will say something different or never talk, hours are great, absolutely NO overtime, flexible schedule,  get your work done and they don't bother you, also understaffed and then don't listen when you beg for help even PRN help, everyone does things their own way which is OK but also leads to no one knowing what's going on.   Big icks,  I've been in my field for 20+ years, they hired someone new and I was helping her with something on the computer and found out she makes THE SAME AS ME! and has NO experience in healthcare, do not get bonuses,  raises are literally 1% every quarter,  I have to work 2 jobs to make it (and I don't live outside my means) , no christmas bonus, however if you look up their tax documents (and you can bc they are non profit) the CEO and board members have received a little over 100,000 in bonuses and $100000 in raises. Meanwhile,  unless you are a healthcare employee that "matters" RN, DR, Etc, you will most likely need to work 2 jobs, we have someone in my department who is having to file for assistance bc she makes below poverty but yet has 5 yrs in health are and their job is to, check in/out patients, register, insurance verification,  schedule,  front office duties, and more. I honestly do love my job and my coworkers and my management team does make it very easy to have flexible schedule and works with you but I can't make it on the pay and it's honestly disrespectful for higher ups (CEO, CFO, board members) to continually get SIGNIFICANT raises and bonuses but yet 90% of their staff is having to work 2 or more jobs to survive and below poverty working in jobs that should pay decent.  

If you want to be over-worked with unsafe nurse-patient ratios, not to mention less pay, you will be right at home. Management makes changes/decisions without even consulting the front-line employees who are actually going to be affected by the change. They couldn’t care less about nurses’ opinions/ideas. They send out surveys to make us feel heard, and eloquently written emails about how much they value and appreciate our hard work and dedication to the organization. Then give us paper thin tshirts for Nurses’ Week 2023 with a caption that doesn’t even make sense. At least they are consistent, the gift was right on par with previous years. 
I started making 24/hour. After working here for almost 10 years I haven’t even made it to 40/hour, which is less than other regions in the state, and significantly less than other states.
From what I have observed/experienced, I can only assume everyone in upper management skipped school the day they talked about employee satisfaction directly relating to employee retention. Why else would they need to have more travelers than actual employees??
The one thing I know for sure is that I would NOT be working for this organization if it wasn’t for personal limiting factors.
I would recommend continuing your search if not in a bind to find something quick. Hope this helps.

I worked for this company for 10 years and watched the steady decline of their employee care culture. Their ratios are too high and their pay is far below surrounding companies. I went to work for the competition just up the road and am making more as a floor nurse than I did at Tidelands as a nurse manager. Their new SBU leaders are jealous of nurses and have made it a terrible place to work. My last 3 or 4 years there were miserable. I was depressed and anxious all the time. Unless you enjoy misery in your work... AVOID! I am surprised they haven't been bought out yet. The way they throw money into wasteful ventures then fail to take care of their employees, a buy out will be the only thing that saves them. They will tell you anything to hire you because they are starving for help. People are jumping ship constantly. Even if they put it in writing, they will be dishonest. They say that they practice Just Culture, but the SBU leaders will throw you under the bus to save themselves or make themselves look better. At Tidelands, it is money first... patient second... employee last. Also, no matter how experienced and qualified you are, they will not hire you without passing a physical agility test. What a joke.

What stood out for me was my co-worker's doctors, nurses, receptionist, billing, clerks, housekeeping, I should environmental service, etc. Everyone had a key role to help make this company where it is today. I worked for TH for 22 years and have managed to take away a heap of knowledge. Good people poured into me and had a key role in my success there. There is good and bad anywhere you go, but I can say that I love my job and I love my patients which consists of real patients,I was able to establish integrity, honesty, and most importantly love, and that is hard to say or to have had a company. Most companies love is for bidding but here at our Georgetown, the hospitality goes a long way for that I’m grateful. and my fellow coworkers we grow a bond that is unbreakable. I was able to establish integrity, honesty, and most importantly love, and that is hard to say or to have had a company. Most companies love is for bidding but here at our Georgetown, the hospitality goes a long way for that I’m grateful.

As an employee with decades of healthcare management under my belt, I have wasted five years stagnating in my career at Tidelands Health. They offer no incentive to be successful or empower their employees. Several Managers, Department Directors and even some C-Level Officers live out of state and only come to work 2 weeks a month. Their offsite management provides no direction or overrsight and leaves accountability solely on those that show up to work. Meanwhile, free luxury condos, cars and golf memberships are provided to the managing incompetents. Those left actually running the show are inexperienced, often incompetent and treated like royalty by their offsite handlers. It is a sad state of affairs when the Senior Nurses or Senior Staff are fresh out of school, new to the health care system or have never laid hands on a living patient or had experience in the departments they are promoted to manage.  Will be leaving soon along with four of my co-workers.

Worked at Tidelands part time and it was an horrible experience. Techs can have up to 19 patients before they call in another aid. Nurses don’t help their techs and they expect you to do everything. A nurse literally could be in a patients room while you’re in another and they will call you to change them, get water for them, vitals, clean up a spill, etc. Techs are expected to do everything even if you have 19 patients by yourself. Nurses pretty much think it’s a joke and that techs have it so easy. I get it. Charting can be stressful but a lot of times you’ll notice nurses charting for their patients as it gets closer to 6 and 7am! The pay is low for the amount of time work expected. Nurses definitely hate dealing with patients who have cdiff or anything of that nature. They push meds and run their mouth the entire shift. And complain/talk about the patients. If you’re going to work at tidelands, definitely become a nurse first. You’ll get a little more respect I think.

I loved my coworkers but administration was clueless despite middle managements insight. Culture of "passing the buck" is popular among not only among higher Administrators and Clinic Directors, but also among certain classifications of employees within your own team, and departmental. Very stressful, a lot of "I support you and will help you " but very little actual support (emotionally or physically). I could go on & on but the best part about this organization is it's die hard employees who are more committed to their job than they are their own families but unfortunately recieve ZERO appreciation for their hard work.

Worked four years in phlebotomy of the lab department. For most of the years, it was great. Management ruined the experience for me. Poor communication and a huge lack of respect for their staff. Constantly being bombarded by multiple group messages on days off and told we are required to respond. When coverage was not made I was forced on call without a 24 hour notice, then told "you're digging a hole" because I refused to cancle my nightshift job to come in. They are inconsdierate of your life outside of work. Dropped full time postion to PRN for the lack of order they have. I was then scheduled shifts without my approval or awareness. 
The staff for the most part, is your standard staff you will see anywhere else. I've met some great people and gained lots of experience. I wouldn't recommend your time and effort among the phlebotomy aspect of the lab. Not to mention the pay is not worth it.
Just my experience. 

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