Dissatisfied employee regarding PTO usage - Anonymous employee Saint Luke's Employee Review

1.0
6 Feb 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The cons out weigh the pros on the topic of using EARNED vacation time.

Cons

Their policy on PTO is terrible! You have to use it for holidays & for 40 hours of sick time before you can touch your sick time (even if you have enough to use for say 2-3 days but not enough PTO time therefore getting you in trouble) but as a new employee you only earn less than 6 hours per pay period, that's 2 weeks! Employees definitely get the short end of the stick on how they get to use their EARNED time off! Disgusting, rethink applying here if you ever want to get/need time off b/c you will most likely get in trouble say if you have a sudden surgery but no time to use for recovery & then get a warning!

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Thank you for sharing your insight on Saint Luke's, part of BJC Health. We wish you the best in your career endeavors!
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1 Jul 2026
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you can get your MA for free

Cons

Low pay, no sick time, benefits aren’t great, managers will gaslight you into thinking whatever is in their benefit, stressful, seeing unlimited amounts of patients you have to see, managers don’t care if you can’t afford cost of living or anyone in the system. They think $22 is more than enough even when working for 8 years and being loyal. When you advocate for a better pay they tell you that you are basically making what someone would in 15+ years of service. They don’t do increases on cost of living. Merit raises are .40-.60 cents for most of front desk and MA no matter how hard you work.

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