Pros
Most coworkers are great and really want to help communities. A lot are from the area and grew up in neighborhoods. Smart and caring people. Can be good for the experience for 1-2 years if you can last. Healthcare is cheaper after you get it. Can put money to subway. You aren’t allowed to get health insurance at CHN when they hire you and you have to wait. Some people getting degrees and some managers are flexible.
Cons
Job offered is not the job you get. Lots of people leaving at every level. Top management has lots of change and fighting. Budget issues and cuts. They can’t keep nurses or doctors in clinics or at Central (management). No direction because of constant changes at Central. Managers steal ideas from people or don’t do the work and take credit and promotions. Patients angry with long wait times and canceled appointments. Focus is on research not patients. CHN is really big so you are not a human being in a big system. One day you have to be in the Bronx, next day in Brooklyn and you get no notice. Quality going down and people and patients unhappy. Not safe. Don’t have what you need to do your job. Then you get blamed. Favoritism. Some people punished. others don’t follow the rules. Disrespect. Bullying. Sexist. People are scared at work. Used to be a great place to work is what old timers say. Not any more. It is “whitening” of a community health center. The just have old white men and Wall Street types running the place who don’t care about communities. Managers yell. No one likes the CEO. He makes a lot of promises. Showboat. No real action.