** I want to make a point to say this is for the general/medical Social Work position (Social Work II) within the Clinical Resource Management Dept**
With that being said:
- Management is awful. This is a HIGHLY punitive environment. Absolutely no manager in the Clinical Resource Management dept is willing to have a conversation without being rude or disrespectful, or without the intent being a "write up" or a "point". This management will make even the best employees anxious and on edge.
- This entire dept is entirely too spicy. It shows that it has been a VERY long time without decent management. There is not much real accountability for lazy employees, no respect among anyone (unless you have created friendships) and really awful communication across the board. Most dept meetings turn into arguments. Management will not assist with defusing situations. Im sure their objective isn't to make matters worse, but they often do (see title, re: dumpster fire)
- Turnover, turnover, turnover. The patient population is tough, but its the management that has created an environment of poor mental health and utter madness. Anyone decent at their job has mostly left this agency after attempts to put in 1-2 years for their resume.
- HR is very lazy. This department has been intensely understaffed for 1+ years (& inconsistently staffed even before that). HR moves slowly or not at all. Its giving that they're ok with running the dept thin in order to save a dollar. Also, this is the kind of job that teaches you that HR is NOT your friend.
- You are paying top notch to park in a garage that you have to walk to, in an unsafe area, without security anywhere along your walk. It's terrifying.
- The social workers are getting mandated to work too often. Due to so many people quitting, weekends have increased to 2x monthly (even more for those that are assigned the ER/night shifts). Again, people are leaving bc there is no possible way to have a healthy work life balance here. If you are unable to come in for a mandated shift, you are threatened to be fired by the AVP. No, she doesn't care if you're boarding a flight, in another country, or losing your right arm.
- There is never, ever any excuse for lateness (even one minute). So please, if you have kids, this is not the job for you. Management will NOT be flexible and will still assign some sort of punishment if you have to leave early for any type of emergency (even if you can prove the emergency is occurring/occurred). They will hide behind saying that they're following policy, even though policy clearly states that it is "managers discretion".
- Though I did put union as a pro, the fact that there is union present for us has somehow encouraged a very weird and aggressive dynamic with employees and management. I'd say that applies for much of the hospital.
- This is the grossest place I have ever worked (& not because of the normal reasons being its a hospital with lots of bodily fluids). No, this is in our offices. There are way too many social workers/case managers shoved into one tiny office. No one comes into vacuum or wipe anything down unless you find a poor run down building maintenance person and beg them to help. There are splatters on the walls of the offices of unknown substances that most vets can say have been there for quite a long time lol. I don't know how they pass a health & safety inspection. There are no staff bathrooms for us so we are forced to share with gen pop. Bathrooms are usually blown up or messy to an unusable extent.
