Not immune to corporate America thinking - Anonymous employee Sutter Health Employee Review

1.0
3 Sept 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I met some really good people, ones I really enjoyed seeing each day. The managers are really personable, and there are some employees who are very dedicate, to the point where it cuts into their personal lives.

Cons

-They expect managers to work weekends and pseudo-holidays, even if they work 50+ hour weeks. -staffing levels were kept at a minimum, which led to employees having to work overtime week after week. -some of the processes were outdated, not even using computers to handle tasks that would take a fraction of the time if they did

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5.0
18 June 2026
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Pros

I love working for Sutter, they are a solid company offering competitive pay and benefits. The part I love the most is they promote making a career with them making it easier to show up an contribute every single day!

Cons

I don't have any cons to speak of.

3.0
11 June 2026
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Pros

Leadership trainings, conferences, educational opportunities, Senior leadership seems to respond to employee feedback, Great organizational transparency and clarity around goals and direction, Front-line leadership receiving recognition more often, Fair (not amazing) compensation and benefits overall, Organization seems to be healthy and growing which is encouraging for job security and retention.

Cons

Unsustainable front-line leadership expectations, responsibilities, and tasks without providing support from supervisors or assistant managers specifically in San Francisco campuses, High burnout risk among front-line leaders which is continuing to increase, Growing list of contradicting or conflicting priorities. Patient experience scores have improved greatly in SF but patient quality/safety and employee satisfaction has become the apparent cost of that, Very unreasonable span of control for front-line leaders, i.e. way too many direct reports, Meeting metrics and KPIs at all costs is the message being received. Front-line leaders are left scrambling to reach the data points (regardless of the methods), to get there. In other words, we might be meeting the metrics and KPIs on paper, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the real purpose or reason behind those metrics is being performed. We’re just desperate to keep our jobs, The leadership culture in the last 6-9 months has shifted towards motivation through fear. Fear of losing our jobs or bonuses rather than motivation by providing actual daily support in doing our jobs and genuine concern and encouragement to succeed.

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