Providence reviews

Within the past couple of years, has attempted to centralize the shared services for all of their ministries in which resulted in lay offs in several regions and relocation of jobs to their Renton headquarters. It did not feel like a well executed plan and there is no method as to why some positions were eliminated and why some indiviudals were able to maintain their positions without moving to Renton. It seems like they are held back by living in a world where people need to be micromanaged and sitting in a tiny cube instead of keeping great talent by utilizing technology and allowing people to contribute from whatever region that currently reside in. Seems like there could be some organizational politics at play when observing exceptions that are made or at least that is the perception and that doesn't breed an environment of trust.

Within the IS department there seems to be a huge departure from the original mission and core values that attracted me to the organization. Outside of IS the mission still seems alive and there is a large group of people who have 15, 20, and even 30+ years with the company. However, in IS this is no longer present. Everyone seems miserable and there is always a constant fear of losing your job. There have been 3 reorgs within a 2 year period. It used to be that people were the last thing to go to save money. Now it seems that is their first consideration.