Vantaggi
Convenient location (Laurel Heights) in a great residential neighborhood. I always felt safe there, even working night shift, which was good since there was basically no security to speak of!
Svantaggi
Oh, my... Where to start?! I worked there for nearly 11 years as an RN on the Cal Campus. Management got fatter and fatter, but they kept cutting the staffing on the floor. Even working in Labor & Delivery, there were no secretaries, no nurse's aides, no lift teams, basically no ancillary staff at night, just nurses and housekeepers. There is no 24 hour pharmacy in the hospital -- the pharmacy closes at 10pm and we'd frequently run out of medicine for our inpatients! If your pregnant/laboring mom needed an X-ray or an evaluation for anything unrelated to her pregnancy, they'd have to call someone over from the other campus. We had a mom have a suspected stroke and she waited 6 hours for a neuro evaluation! They force the nurses to work without their breaks and in frankly a toxic and unsafe environment. Management is only focused on committees and meetings, not in patient safety. The nurses are leaving in droves! I would not recommend working here or receiving care here.