It used to be better - I miss the sisters - Anonymous employee Ascension Employee Review

3.0
Jun 13, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. I had a lot of flexibility. 2. I had a great hands-off supervisor 3. I could work from home (AIS not the Resource Group) 4. Can't beat 22 days PTO to start 5. Great health benefits if you stay with an Ascension provider - low co-pays and deductions from your check. 6. Good 401K(non-profit form) match 7. Lots of good people here

Cons

Most of the religious leadership has retired and/or been replaced by business people. Beginning in 2012, things began to change. The pension died. You were seen as less associates who participated in the Mission, Vision and Values of Ascension and more a number. Someone who was looked at as overhead. I am no longer qualified for the work I have done for a decade because I don't have an MBA. The Resource Group has an antiquated policy that requires everyone to work in the office and dress up (including ties). Who cares if you your only contact with vendors is by phone. Raises are a standard 2% not matter how good your work is. Not everyone gets bonuses. Directors and above get one based on the work of everyone in their group (15-30%). VPs get 2 bonuses a year. Seems a little much for a non-profit company. Sometimes the lower level people would get thrown a "Success Sharing". I got 2%

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5.0
Apr 7, 2026
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Pros

Benefits are great! They treat you well as an employee.

Cons

The scheduling is a bit complicated.

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2.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

The patient population can be very rewarding to work with, and there can be lots of different job opportunities but very limited advancement with mainly lateral department shifts if a person is looking for change.

Cons

Raises are almost non-existent. The "raise" is a yearly COLA of between 2%-3%. There is no ability to talk to anyone regarding a raise, even the admin staff are fully stonewalled in the overlly corporate monolithic HR style of maintaining "fair" wages. I have worked here for several years and I actually earn less now because my "raises" do not keep up with inflation and the actual cost of living. They maintain their functionality on squeezing as much as they can out of one employer by slowly shifting more job responsibilities called "opportunities" onto you without extra pay or change in title that would get a pay increase. They look to higher level licensed staff to provide more coverage for roles that they won't hire for or cut in departments. They do "organizational restructuring" every 6 months because more staff quit, they don't replace the staff, and tell others to absorb the former FT employees job responsibilities without pay increase and being told not to go into OT.

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