Vantaggi
The nurses/techs/general staff are all incredible, there's little drama (unless management related). Immediate management tries to pitch in and help each other although it's nearly impossible. Immediate management is really good, there's new people in there who care about employees. Pay is decent, a bit on the low side but not terribly.
Svantaggi
In my nine years as a medic, I've worked some rough jobs. It's to be expected, especially in a trauma situation. The stress from Mt. Carmel comes from management however. I was so very thankful to walk away, although I did miss my nurses/techs. - Decisions made can put your licensure at risk. When you have 70 patients to tech for, or 11 critical patients (as a nurse), you can't do it all. - You will not get any breaks at all. They say you will get your legal lunch break, you will not after orientation. Lunch is unpaid, meaning they get an extra thirty minutes of work for free. They also will write you up if you don't lie and say you got a break. - It is very disorganized. I would get points for days I wasn't scheduled, PTO disappeared, paycheck disappeared. I was scheduled for classes but no one would tell me where to go or when it was. I assume this is because of the huge turnover. - Management doesn't listen to staff. They continue adding more and more tasks to the ED without helping. They often threatened to take away life-saving equipment if something broke. Accidents happen, but that equipment can save a life. -It is extremely dirty. There was a trauma cart that sat in front of patients for 12 hours with blood and worse all over it. One of many times. Again, short staffed. - Pay varies based on favoritism, so do raises.