How is management perceived at L'Arche?

Pros

- Clients were super fun to work with - Pay was reasonable - Usually managers were pretty good with respecting work/life balance - Great supervisors

Cons

- Sometimes it was difficult to find people to help cover shifts, so your hours would increase or you would have to work a shift alone.

Pros

People with disabilities and some assistants

Cons

Lots of top down stuff, managers not in touch with people, big national bureaucracy doing little, sounds good but

Advice to Management

Listen, listen, listen, get to know your people, get out of your offices

Pros

Great support from management and colleagues. Very good induction training program and additional training offered.

Cons

Low salary as everywhere in the care sector.

Pros

- day to day activities are so fun - great relationships - generous vacation time

Cons

- no manager oversight - unreliable schedules - no vacation approval until the month before - low wages

Pros

- Clients were super fun to work with - Pay was reasonable - Usually managers were pretty good with respecting work/life balance - Great supervisors

Cons

- Sometimes it was difficult to find people to help cover shifts, so your hours would increase or you would have to work a shift alone.

Pros

really enjoy working with the residents

Cons

management can be hard to deal with at times

Pros

Lovely staff, caring management, feel like you're part of a team and community instead of a drone

Cons

Working hours can be challenging and no breaks, which is typical of the sector

Pros

Get to know Core Members and bond with them over time. Get days off to explore local area. Meet some good people for sure.

Cons

Past Community Leader at location and past House Manager little more than bitter, angry bullies. Prattle on about "faith" yet are nasty more often than not. Revelations about Vanier very sad and tragic but in a way not unsurprising; for example, if a colleague expresses romantic interest in a co-worker, it is assumed the co-worker should fall over themselves with gratitude and happiness at the attention, and if the colleague is ignored (perhaps you have no interest in a romantic relationship) then passive aggressive destruction of your character will begin - cowardly actions to be fair. Overall, not that much of a stretch from that mentality to the heinous actions of Jean Vanier - "God has placed us both here etc." Very disturbing to contemplate!

Advice to Management

Drop the endless mind games and focus on the care side.