Low pay, high stress - Patient Care Technician Emory Healthcare Employee Review

1.0
2 Aug 2021
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Pros

The name holds weight…..that’s it

Cons

Horrible place to work. They don’t value non-nursing departments at all. If you’re not a nurse or doctor you will be severely overworked and underpaid. You can’t live decently even with a degree because their minimum wage is $15 hourly. They will lowball your pay any chance they get. People only want to work here because of the name. With their low pay , you’re still below the poverty level and there’s so many politics. Sad thing, even the nurses hate it here. They don’t value our security officers enough either. I witnessed them without masks at the beginning of the pandemic when they were the most exposed. When I asked a security officer why they weren’t wearing face masks the officer said “their managers said they don’t want to create fear in the visitors”. A week later one of the officers caught COVID 19 and had to be hospitalized. Emory healthcare isn’t a place I would recommend to anyone. They’re only #1 in the state of Ga because they’re buying everything. It’s a business that doesn’t take your mental health seriously. I knew nurses who were sick in the hospital and were called by management asking when they were coming back to work.

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5.0
12 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great team to work with under the ECMO group at Emory. Fantastic boss and lots of opportunities within the team to advance your skills and gain a ton of experience.

Cons

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3.0
9 Jun 2026
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Pros

It's okay... I don't know how other ORs are run for comparison. Pay is alright. $47/hr and on-call is $8/hr. Have over 3 years of experience. Most people are pretty friendly. The friendly ones are starting to leave now, unfortunately.

Cons

Management doesn't fix problems. They won't respond to emails. Often don't have specimen printers, patient moving boards, etc. Tons of extra timeouts are kind of inconvenient (pre-op, pre-anesthesia, and pre-incision). Parking and commute are hassles. You can't park next to the hospital unless you are a doctor or advanced practitioner. At least 30min per day wasted on bus to and from hospital from parking tower I'm assigned. So much traffic to get to and from work. On call is very tiring. They frequently assign 7pm-7am overnight call right after 12hr shifts and then want you to stay because night shift didn't show up. Call requirement is at least 48hrs per month. Most OR rooms are super messy and badly stocked. ...Seems like more and more bad people are getting promoted to management positions. My immediate manager is good. The ones over her are not that great.

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