Erickson Retirement Communities Reviews

Pros

Opportunity for advancement
Opportunity for mentorship
Opportunity for additional education
Friendly co-workers
Comfortable environment
Good Salary
Opportunity to Travel
Creative

Cons

Sometimes things moved a bit too slow. New assignments came at a crawl and the work became repetitive. However, it was good to be amongst great people.

Pros

Great co-workers who were very supportive.

Cons

Incompetent management. Owner hired upper level management based on who he liked and not who was competent.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire the right people for the job and compensate them accordingly. Hopefully the new management will lead the company to success and will recognize the employees that really contribute to the success of the company,

Pros

excellent health care benefit
encourages spirituality
I strongly believe in their core values but they were not consistently observed

Cons

favoritism, have annual satisfaction surveys but very serious concerns were raised but not addressed for years, very good and effective employees left because the issues were not addressed

Advice to Senior Management

offer competitive salaries, follow up and address concerns on satisfaction survey

Pros

benefits, paid time off i cant come up with more

Cons

a union mentality to many inequitables dealing with employees.

Advice to Senior Management

treat everyone the same

Pros

Top notch medical care, many ammenties, and services for the senior population. Overall, a happy and rewarding place to work for employees.

Cons

The company has been through many changes lately, being recently bought out. With new owners, it seems to be a brighter day for all...however, working out the "kinks" can be quite a headache for the staff.

Advice to Senior Management

Too many ideas and new ways of doing things fired at employees too often. Change after change after change.
One of the best things that Erickson had to offer was the great benefits. Now that the company is financially stable again....let's get those benefits back.

Pros

Great residents, good shift lengths, quality job, the management is very flexible with hours and days you work, allows students who go off to college a chance to work during breaks

Cons

Not much advancement opportunities in wait staff jobs. Wait staff only get about .25 or less raise per year, no other raises

Advice to Senior Management

More advancement opportunities

Pros

Great exposure to financial analysis. Exposure working with banks.

Cons

If you do not agree with upper management they do not want to hear it. Those who succeed agree and don't ask any questions.

Advice to Senior Management

Be open to new ideas.

Pros

Great people and work environment

Cons

just restructured some areas of corporate

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

well, the residents are very nice, and the employee benefits are great. they have a wide variety of job departments.

Cons

the pay for dining services are ridiculously low. alot of managers have horrible communication skils. and there was just too much drama in the work place.

Advice to Senior Management

i recomend communicating better with your employees. stop trying to bs your employees. your employees are not slaves, so please do not treat them as such.

Pros

Good working with the residents

Cons

Poor compensation, cutting of bonuses for full time employees

Advice to Senior Management

Complete lack of communication from corporate bosses regarding news and updates about the status of the company.