Ascension is the best place I’ve worked, period. The culture is intentionally designed, we start calls with reflections that ground us in our Mission, which changes the entire tone of how we collaborate. As a leader, I feel fully empowered and trusted to drive strategy without constant questioning. It is rare to find an environment that is this welcoming while still being driven to excellence. I feel seen, valued, and supported every single day.
Cons
As with any large, nationwide health system, navigating the matrix and complexity can take time to learn, but the team support makes it manageable.
Ascension Response
4mo
We truly appreciate you sharing your experience and being part of our Mission. Thank you for the ways you live out our Vision—Answering God’s call to bring health, healing and hope to all. It’s because of associates like you that we’re able to care for our communities with compassion and purpose.
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5.0
Apr 7, 2026
Anonymous employee
Former employee
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Pros
Benefits are great! They treat you well as an employee.
Cons
The scheduling is a bit complicated.
Ascension Response
2mo
Hello. Thank you for taking the time to leave us such meaningful compliments. We wish you the best in your future endeavors, and appreciate the impact you’ve made during your time at Ascension. Take care.
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.