Pros
Corporate office training was wonderful. CEO very down to earth and approachable. Benefits were adequate. Mission is admirable, however not consistent in the health centers.
Cons
Pay was low. Regional Manager not supportive. Would suggest clinical regional managers in addition to business regional managers for health centers. Business regional managers are unable to clearly understand the clinical aspect and challenges from a provider perspective. Regional manager was unsupportive and did not follow through on requests. Regional manager was dishonest and unsupportive with managerial staff in the health center. Discussed how a situation would be handled with an employee & when it was time to handle it, the manager completely changed their mind and did not discipline the employee, this happened on more than one occasion. Shocking, since HR was also involved. Felt disrespected as a provider and as a manager. Unfortunately, the corporate office mission, did not trickle down to the health center staff. Since the corporate office is in Vermont, and we never had an onsite visit from our regional manager, it was difficult for the corporate office staff to really know their employees. How an employee acts on the phone versus in person and everyday work life can be completely different. We had our regional manager changed twice in less than 6 months. The one manager we only had for a short time, but I felt she really listened, understood and was open to discussion. Unfortunately, after only 2 wks of being our manager, she resigned. I had a resource provider assigned to me who was not available, at no fault of her own, as she had a full workload in her health center and simply did not have the time needed to adequately support a new provider. Disappointed, as I really enjoyed working with my patients, but the constant drama of staff in the health center was exhausting. I felt this might be a job I could retire from, unfortunately that was not the case. Surprisingly, this event that lead to me resigning has steered me to the most wonderful and fulfilling career opportunity and I could not be happier. Things happen for a reason. I do wish Marathon all the best. I think if perhaps we had a different clinical manager, it could have been a different outcome.
