Pros
Excellent patient care provided here, feel good about being part of the company's mission. Enjoy working with most people here. Many opportunities to move around and eventually up within the company. There is a definite push for employee engagement and retention, and the company does try to keep employees happy, even in these challenging financial times for healthcare in this country and in NC. In recent years, there has been more flexibility in work life balance options for employees, including work from home opportunities and chances to have more flexible schedules.
Cons
Politics. Also, so many layers of management dilute the ability for managers to actually accomplish things or make decisions on their own. Managers, directors, AVPs, VPs, SVPs, EVPs, President, and then CEO...there must be another layer in there because I know that, as a manager, I am considered "level 9", which means that's how many layers I have to go through to get approval on any decisions for my team. Therefore, all changes are made at a snail's pace, if at all. This can be frustrating and de-motivating. Also, I know that healthcare benefits are probably worsening for most people, but the benefits offered here were the worst I had ever seen in the 15+ years I've been working in healthcare, and during the time since I started at CHS back in the mid 2000s, my benefits have worsened every year, with this year being the absolute worst (now there is zero choice: everyone has a high deductible plan and has to pay thousands before the co-insurance benefits kick in, at which point we still pay 30% of everything). I just paid over $200 for a prescription that cost me $4 several years ago (and, my husband still pays $4 for his prescriptions, because he is on his own separate plan. He takes one of the same medications that I do, yet his insurance pays for his medicine. He is an engineer. You'd think working in the largest healthcare institution in the state might get you decent health benefits, but nope, not the case).