Bloated, untalented, toxic and clueless - Supervisor Sutter Health Employee Review

1.0
17 Sept 2017
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Pros

Pay is ok and the work is meaningless so it doesn't really create any urgencies, other than the fake urgencies put on staff by what senior leaders want for their reporting.

Cons

A case study as to how not to run an organization. Leadership's only talent was that they stuck around for decades yet are so disconnected to the real world and even when they are incompetent they are placed in different roles for some reason where they can hide. If government wants to save on healthcare then I suggest take a close look at how health systems are being ran, lots of waste, bloated and the only indication of talent is how many years you stuck around. Maybe they suck so bad they can't go anywhere else.

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
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Pros

The top-notch professionalism work-culture is what made me decide to switch from a contract-worker to a full-time RN.

Cons

I wish that the N95 mask requirement was included while I was in Chicago in my remote physical and urine drug testing during pre-employment. I had to fly in SF for one day to meet the N95 fit requirement then fly back to Chicago to spend more time with family.

3.0
11 Jun 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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