Ignore every review prior to July 2016--the company has changed - Anonymous employee Ascension Employee Review

1.0
Jul 23, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Before the merger, I would have said adherence to Mission, Vision, and Values. Now, I don't know what to say, maybe that the company might be solvent after this is over?

Cons

The merger between Ministry, Columbia St. Mary's and Wheaton has led to arbitrary layoffs (on the order of "give me five names of people to fire by Friday") without any strategy or vision driving it. They are simply mass closures and reductions with little regard for the work people have done and sometimes with no notice, no severance, and people having to fight to get PTO paid out (which is illegal, but who's counting). The new company will be called Ascension Wisconsin, so I'd recommend avoiding them if you can for a couple of years until they figure out what they are doing. Right now you could be hired today and fired tomorrow.

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5.0
Apr 7, 2026
Anonymous employee
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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
Recommend
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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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