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Cerner Corporation
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- type of organization: public
- size: gargantuan (1,001 to 10,000 people)
- website: www.cerner.com
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Cerner Corporation (CERN) is "taking the paper out of healthcare." It develops, supports, and licenses information technology to businesses in the healthcare industry, but considers itself a consulting company, not a software company. It is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri and has offices in several countries.
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Type faster slave!... I mean associate.
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September 14, 2008
First off, if you have not heard about "the email" you should definitely pull it up. http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/creed/Business/ProfessionalCommunication/Assignment--Email.doc
You'll note that's an edu address. It because this incident is now taught in many business schools as a prime example of how not to run a business. <snip>
We are getting less than 40 hours of work from a large number of our KC-based EMPLOYEES. The parking lot is more... -
Suck you dry and spit you out...
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June 28, 2008
This company is a close to a cult as you'll legally get in a corporation. They have a very strong culture of fear (as all good cults do), focused mainly on marketing and sales. The CEO of Cerner was featured in a Dilbert cartoon if that tells you anything! If you drink their marketing koolaid, you'll believe they are innovative, integrated, and a leader. However, if you look at their track record and know some of their competition, you'll see that Cerner more...
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good company
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October 12, 2007
This is one of the better technology companies to work for. They value innovation and have a good vision for the future of health care information systems. I worked there a few years ago and overall there was some good energy. The benefits were decent and the hours were flexible. It has grown in size to the point where some internal groups are better work environments than others. At the time, they were using too much home-grown solutions for things like more...