Underpaid and extremely bored - Research Project Assistant UPMC Employee Review

2.0
8 Apr 2018
Recommend
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Pros

It’s impossible to be fired. My role was laid back to the point where I had about 3 hours of work to complete in a 40 hour week. I was so bored I quickly found employment elsewhere.

Cons

Insurance is pretty bad and I chose the top tier plan. I had better UPMC insurance not working for the actual company but though another employer who had purchased their insurance on the free market. Retirement is 4% March after 6 months and vested after 2 years. I find 4% to be low for an enormous corporation such as UPMC. In general the pay is extremely low - borderline abject poverty. Myself and many of my friends, including physicians have found employment elsewhere for this reason. I’m not sure why UPMC feels they can attract top talent and continue to pay bare minimum.

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

No pros. It was a horrible place to work

Cons

If you were night shift, you had to work every holiday. The nurses were so lazy and never helped us. We ran around taking care of patients with no help. Changing them, cleaning up horrible messes, taking them to the bathroom and doing vitals with no help. Nurses would sit there eating while on Facebook, while we did all the work. Some would even be sleeping!

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