Standout benefits include concierge service, two child care centers where 510 children of employees are enrolled and an old-fashioned defined benefit pension funded 100% by WellStar, healthcare system created in 1993 by merger of five hospitals. One employee summed up the strategy: “Wellstar gets it that the only way to provide world-class healthcare is to be good to employees.”
Company Info
CEO/Top Executive | Reynold Jennings |
Rank last year | 39 |
# of years on list | 2 |
F500 Rank | - |
Industry | Health Care |
Year founded | 1,993 |
Type of organization | Non-Profit |
Revenue (2014 or most recent year) | $1.5 billion |
Web address | http://www.wellstar.org |
Total US employees | 13,612 |
Full-Time jobs added in last year | 828 |
Number of work sites | - |
Perks
Offers compressed work weeks | yes |
Offers fully-paid sabbaticals | no |
Offers paid time off for volunteering | no |
Onsite fitness center | yes |
Discounted gym memberships | yes |
Onsite medical care facility | yes |
Offers college tuition reimbursement to employees | yes |
Diversity
% Women | 81.81% |
% Minorities | 40.21% |
% African-American | 28.00% |
% Asian | 3.13% |
% Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander | 0.11% |
% Caucasian or White | 52.22% |
% Hispanic/Latino | 2.88% |
% Native American/Alaska Native | 0.33% |
% Two or more races | 0.68% |
Same-Sex Benefits | no |
Non-discrimination policy | yes |
Paid Time Off
Holidays | 6 |
Vacation | - |
Sick days | Set |
General PTO | 23 |
Compensation
Most common job (hourly) | Registered Nurse |
Avg. base pay (for hourly employee) | - |
Avg. extra comp. (for hourly employee) | - |
Most common job (salaried) | Physician |
Avg. base pay (for salaried employee) | - |
Avg. extra comp (for salaried employee) | - |
Hiring/Staffing
FT voluntary turnover | 10.00% |
# of job applicants | 157,100 |
Avg. # of applicants per opening | 30 |
# of jobs filled | 5,247 |
Jobs filled internally | 2,514 |
% of jobs filled by referral | 30.00% |
# new graduates hired | 114 |
# of job openings (as of Feb. 2015) | 781 |