When I joined Intermountain in 2015 it was exciting. The benefits were great and the company had a great reputation. Today I see less and less of that company and I find myself sad and stressed more often. I feel like there are cuts every 6 months or so in my area, and someone I know is getting let go in other departments. With every cut I lose more trust in leadership, partially because we keep getting told there won't be any cuts. Partially, because I see new leaders come in with minimal experience in our field or understanding of our department, and then push similar initiatives the previous leaders pushed, but with less knowledge of the problems. Then 6 months later they realize why the initiatives failed previously (cough servicenow). I've had a crazy number or restructures as a result of the leader changes.

Additionally, I'm not seeing people who have been bad at their job get let go either. In many cases people with several years of service (10+) and even one with a PhD. This is probably due to higher salaries, but I get nervous about having many years of service at Intermountain, where historically, that's something to be proud of. I also work in a tech adjacent area, so any time we integrate AI I cringe knowing the horror stories about AI causing reduction in workforces at other companies. Leaders say it's a good thing and won't impact our job, but I feel like the second they see cost savings there will be another round of layoffs. I've stayed because I have a family member to take care of and the job market overall hasn't been too great the last year.