What is the retirement plan like at Sanford Health?

Sanford offers a decent 401K match that can be higher than other health systems, especially in the Midwest. They generally have up-to-date facilities and prioritize using the newest equipment and technologies.

I think the employee experience here varies by job code, but is generally poor for registered nurses. To be fair, both of the Dakotas are among the lowest paying states for RNs, with South Dakota being the lowest (50th). The low wages and rather skimpy benefits promotes a revolving door culture. You would be hard pressed today to maintain a decent standard of living in either of the system’s main regional centers (Fargo and Sioux Falls) on the typical Sanford RN salary as cost of living has sky rocketed in each without commensurate pay adjustments.

--Ability to acquire skills that can lead to career growth --Decent 401K match

--Exempt (salaried) at just 32 scheduled weekly hours, in role seeing patients in clinic settings, leading to weekly unpaid hours, with no ability to transition to hourly status. --Great disparity in workloads and levels of responsibiliy/liability assigned to employees in same job code and pay scale, with some employees allowed to avoid tasks with more liability, and others, not. --Unchanged pay scale for >10 years --Manager with no working background in subject matter and knowledge deficit of workflow (work involves training patients on use of devices delivering high-risk medication); lack of applicable experience with devices leads to management being unable to properly assess or mitigate risk. --Job code requiring specialty certification for continued employment with no way to be compensated for hours spent taking certification exam

Positive work environment. Flexible schedule and PTO.

Benefits could be better. Not a lot of options for advancement.