View all Vancouver Coastal Health reviews

Vancouver Coastal Health

Vancouver Coastal Health Employee Review

Fast paced and collaborative

Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 5 February 2020

VCH has changed over the years I was employed there. Many opportunities for learning are there for staff. Management varied but, for most part was open and collaborative.

Ratings by category

4.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance

5.0 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits

4.0 out of 5 stars for Job security/advancement

4.0 out of 5 stars for Management

4.0 out of 5 stars for Culture

Was this review helpful?

View all 196 reviews

Similar reviews

Same roleSame location

Challenging opportunity

Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) - Vancouver, BC - 20 May 2019

Staff are nice, you need to work hard to earn your place. What the company does for the community is amazing. Lots of very smart, experienced, and intelligent people to work with.

Was this review helpful?

Same role

Very poor management with no individual or team support

Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) - Richmond, BC - 5 January 2019

Too many layers of management within one department with no one taking accountability. When they hit a glitch, they start to point fingers at others. No support from managers for their team. Too much red tape and beaucracy which frustrates patients. They say People First, but it isn't people first for patients and certainly not for employees. Under the Ministry of Health, they take millions of dollars of taxpayers money to profit in healthcare. Pay is not good for administrative staff and there is no room for promotion but only horizontal moves. Those who call under casual or temporary full-time are most disadvantaged. Mgmt only appreciate you because they are short in staff and desperately need to keep you working. Once they get what they want, you become just another employee #. I have not met one manager who actually cares about the employees after them. Young managers have power ego choosing to intimidate and bully rather than communicate in an effective way. You may say this is an exaggeration but believe me, you will only experience this throughout Richmond VCH once you are in the system. Then you become just another statistic. You will only regret it if you work for Vancouver Coastal Health. If you are, it is because you have fallen into the union umbrella and fit right into it all.

Pros

union protected

Cons

very poor management who don't support; not flexible for vacation

Was this review helpful?

Same location

Recruitment process

Health care aide. (Current Employee) - Vancouver - 27 July 2022

Am not sure how to put this however the VCH recruitment team needs to get feedback on their hiring process. There is a shortage yet some positions have not been filled for years. People are eager to work for the company yet they simply never get recruited or selected for jobs applied more more than half the time. I think the company needs to come up with solutions towards this.

Was this review helpful?