Pros
The one silver lining? You earn PTO fast enough to escape the chaos on a regular basis—consider it hazard pay in the form of vacation time.
Cons
HR effectively runs the entire operation—no decision is made without their stamp of approval. You can’t even walk down a hallway without HR inserting themselves into the process. They micromanage every aspect of the workplace while conveniently ignoring their own policies. Serious issues like sexual harassment are brushed under the rug, even after being formally reported. HR preaches policy compliance, yet consistently exempts themselves while holding employees to standards they refuse to follow. When questioned, they scramble to justify their inconsistency with vague excuses or conveniently rewritten narratives. There is a clear imbalance in how employees are treated—particularly in disciplinary action and policy enforcement—where favoritism is unmistakably present. Attempts to hold HR accountable are met with resistance unless your viewpoint aligns perfectly with theirs, regardless of logic or evidence. Even if you’re in a leadership role, HR insists on controlling staffing decisions, including terminations. It’s less about collaboration and more about control. They’ll even “test” management to see if your choices align with their subjective standards—objectivity and professionalism be damned. Meanwhile, the CEO remains blissfully unaware of most of what goes on, only hearing what HR filters up. Transparency is more of a myth than a practice. As for workplace culture: nurses frequently treat non-nursing staff as beneath them. Conflict of interest policies are treated more like suggestions—family members work together in supervisory roles, and couples are placed in closely connected positions without a second thought. Confidentiality? Only in theory. HR assures you that conversations are private—until you hear your own words repeated by someone who shouldn’t have had access to them. They’ve even been known to give different versions of the same story to spouses, sowing confusion and conflict outside of work as well. In short, it’s a toxic environment dressed up as professionalism. Easily one of the most dysfunctional places to work.