WellStar Health System Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"In opinion, unionize Kennestone to improve relations and care. Never have been a proponent of unions till Kennestone. Behavior rules apply depending on who you are or know. HR is no assistance for the employee. Gallup surveys do not reflect actual opinions as tactile strategies or punishment goes into preparation not actual improvements. Positively they are some great people too that want to give their best and their morale can be broken. It is a hard place to fit in."

"I found that at WellStar, it was not so much as to what you knew, but who liked what you had to say. I've worked in larger companies that had far less politics than this company. This was by far the worst one. Could never trust what was said by management or count on having all the information when starting projects."

"Kennestone Hospital is limited for opportunities with hard work and knowledge seldom appreciated. Many knee jerk reactions from management. Consider other employers if you can drive out of the area. Gave up other opportunity and it was a huge career mistake. Turnover rate seems above the norm. The facility is fair if you just want a paycheck and keep your head and eyes cast downward."

"My opinion! Support is not there. We are cut back in resources. Disjointed communications makes it difficult to support care. Inefficient and wasteful in some area. Too many agendas. The community board needs to take a closer look at how the place is really run now. HR does not support the employee and either do not know what to do, cannot do the right thing, or is brutal to protect the company and keep their own job."

"It would be better if had enough staff. So many walking around surveying that have no experience to be of help or know what to do. More staff needed that actually take care or support. Most of the actual workers for sure make it happen."

"I only worked here for 4 short weeks and in that short time frame I learned that adult bullying exists in this work place, specifically by management. I was not fully trained before being expected to go on my own, and when I spoke up I was quite literally put in my place verbally and told to deal with it. Sorry but I would expect that new employees are given an opportunity to learn first, then go into the firing rounds and fend for yourself. And if I experience an issue, that management would make an attempt to address the issue, resolve it and move forward."

"Stressful environment with limited resources. Mostly what looks good on paper rather than actual results. Expectations change day by day can cause blunders that management does not take accountability."

"Nearly a decade at this company. WellStar compensation is intentionally aligned with median market pay, so talent is not attracted or retained often. There is an excess of middle management and because access/authorities are compartmentalized, resolving issues usually requires concerted effort between several teams. It causes very inefficient resolution times. There is little accountability or quality control in terms of employee performance. Just went to high-deductible HSAs for insurance."

"Terrible, abusive culture and work environment. Unsupportive management. Problems do not get solved. Unable to provide proper support due to bureaucracy, end up taking blame for many things you are unable to change. Poor performers are not addressed. Promotions don’t go to the deserving, they frequently don’t even go to the qualified."

"I worked at Wellstar for many years. Terrible culture, a lot of mismanagement. Very high turnover. It’s not what you know - who you know might not help you either. People back stab their co-workers constantly. Only the most diabolical get ahead here. There is zero oversight by leadership, it’s a total free-for-all and career dead end at best."

"New director destroyed morale, causing record resignations in short time."

"Worked for Wellstar for just under a decade. A huge waste of my time. Wellstar does not adhere to its own policies and procedures. As others have stated, there is extreme bullying in this org regardless of department because this is the culture of leadership at Wellstar and how they get what they want. The attitude of department level leaders is appearance is all that matters not what actually goes on so long as senior leadership doesn’t know. Senior leadership doesn’t care or participate. The environment is hostile and abusive. If you escalate wrongdoing or stand up to it, you will be retaliated against. I was never bullied until I worked at Wellstar. Pay is not great. Turnover is absolutely excessive. Their great places to work survey/Forbes top companies to work for is a joke. We are absolutely terrorized if we give the company any 3’s. I will never judge a company based on these types of industry recognitions ever again because they are basically paid for accolades. I notice the good reviews for Wellstar are almost always written in a way that is Wellstar jargon and suspect Wellstar has posted its own good reviews on most of these employer review sites in a likely attempt to appear as something it’s not. As others have stated those working hard and getting the job done are forsaken at Wellstar. Leadership is abusive and incompetent. You have to train your bosses how to do their jobs. The org doesn’t do any fact checking - they go on liars words because these people are silver tongues. The overall climate of this organization is misery and wrongdoing. It is largely huge egos that pretend to care but their care is only to bolster their egos and in support of their corporate positioning at the good workers expense. Beware, working for Wellstar is deflating, demoralizing, and a waste of your career if you are a decent person. The bullies always have support system because they help each other prosper here. It’s as good as selling your soul to the devil."

"Very jealous leader. If you are good the leader tries to stop your progress and ruin your career. Micromanagement. Tyrannical directors. No one is interested in improving and the team as a while wants to keep the standard low. Too much favoritism."

"Unethical practices. There is pressure to discharge patients early and they are not always ready to go home, discharge plan is often unsafe. The care coordination department has a high turnover rate. Some physicians moonlight at other hospitals and don't complete their wellstar notes for a couple of days and that is tolerated by leadership. When a concern arises leadership accuses of insubordination therefore no one dares ask questions."

"We are often understaffed. Our manager says that if we are fully staffed nurses would just stand in the corner and gossip. If you are late 5 minutes more than 4 times in 90 days you get in trouble. The problem is often families stop you in the hallway on your way to work to ask you for directions as you are rushing to work. Some doctors are very condescending and even yell at nurses and such behavior is rewarded. It doesn't matter at all how hard you work. Promotion is based on favoritism."