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    Brookdale Senior Living Reviews

    Updated July 21, 2017
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    1. Helpful (18)

      "Great place to work!"

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      Current Employee - Resident Assistant in Columbia, SC
      Current Employee - Resident Assistant in Columbia, SC
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Brookdale Senior Living part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Management is very nice! The residents are very sweet and the work you do is rewarding. Very physically demanding, so it keeps me in shape!

      Cons

      The pay isn't that great, but if you come here just for the money, then I don't understand why. Every year employees get a bonus based on their performance though.

      Advice to Management

      Invest more in your employees, especially if they actually care for the residents. I have heard of many wonderful workers having to leave since they were not getting paid enough for the hard work they did.

    2. "Wonderful"

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      Current Employee - Resident Program Assistant in Roswell, GA
      Current Employee - Resident Program Assistant in Roswell, GA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Brookdale Senior Living full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Well you get to spend a lot of time with your residence which I really love and you get to do fun activities and gone exciting trips with your residents. But them maim and best part of it all is getting to know them.

      Cons

      I would say it's just the pay the pay sucks

      Advice to Management

      I drive a bus to take my residents to appointments and we go on trips and I think that because we are activities Elise bump up the salary or something because we have a lot of lives in our hands and of course my life is at stake.I am very comfortable on the road but at the same time I always wanna make sure that you know my residence and myself and my boss is safe when driving but I think that they should bump up instead of making it 20 cents maybe $2 or $1 for driving the bus As a raise.

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    3. "RN Case Manager"

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      Former Employee - RN, Bsn in Westlake, OH
      Former Employee - RN, Bsn in Westlake, OH
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Brookdale Senior Living full-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      Team Work, great patients and families, autonomy (somewhat)

      Cons

      Management pulling you away from your assignments that were critical to do an admission; Not seeing the patients for who they are and instead focusing on "Number" and finances

      Advice to Management

      Find a more passionate manager who cares more about patients/families than the bottom line, work with the employees instead of against them, make accessories available to the case managers, aides to perform their jobs

    4. "Underwhelmed"

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      Current Employee - Business Office Coordinator in Houston, TX
      Current Employee - Business Office Coordinator in Houston, TX
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Brookdale Senior Living full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      easy to move up

      Cons

      high unnecessary turn over rate

      Advice to Management

      get rid of people who are stealing from the company as well as people who are covering for them.

    5. Helpful (1)

      "CNA"

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      Current Employee - CNA in Broken Arrow, OK
      Current Employee - CNA in Broken Arrow, OK
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Brookdale Senior Living full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good hours and lots of opportunities for promotion

      Cons

      Overworked and underpaid employees. Strict management and an overall dislike in the community.

      Advice to Management

      Treat less like a business and more like a family. If these elderly wanted to be treated like that they'd live in a cubicle office.

    6. "Benefits are great! Most people are friendly and helpful."

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      Current Employee - LVN Charge Nurse in Overland Park, KS
      Current Employee - LVN Charge Nurse in Overland Park, KS
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Brookdale Senior Living full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Benefits. Team work. Baylor pay. 12 hour shifts on weekends. Able to learn a lot of skills. EMR. Pay is decent. Sign on bonus great!

      Cons

      Staffing. Every job in health care will have this issue with staffing. So getting approved time off is hard with this company well at least at the location I worked at.

    7. Helpful (2)

      "Sales/Business Development/Marketing"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Raleigh, NC
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Raleigh, NC
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Brookdale Senior Living full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great Benefits, rewarding industry, good compensation,

      Cons

      Too much corporate red tape to get things done. Opportunity for advancement not really available.

    8. "Server"

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      Current Employee - Server in Raymore, MO
      Current Employee - Server in Raymore, MO
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Brookdale Senior Living part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Making connections with the residents

      Cons

      Not every facility is equally well managed

      Advice to Management

      Better teams that work together

    9. "Residnet care associate"

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      Current Employee - Nursing Assistant in Medina, OH
      Current Employee - Nursing Assistant in Medina, OH
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Brookdale Senior Living full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      The residents, they are all so sweet and funny. It's like taking care of family. Love coming in and talking with them about their lives, all so interesting.

      Cons

      Management is the worst! Rude and inconsistent. Schedules are a mess, no coverage and give you no incentive to work. Managers will use and abuse you, work you until you fall. They don't care about the employees and residents are just a room number/ dollar signs. Pathetic to work for.

      Advice to Management

      Shape up! Do your jobs and TRY to succeed at them. Be kind. Fix the schedules and get it together!!

    10. "Practical nursing , doctors office"

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      Former Employee - Licensed Practical Nurse in Jamaica, NY
      Former Employee - Licensed Practical Nurse in Jamaica, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I worked at Brookdale Senior Living full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Just have to always but out your best in making our patients comfortable n stabled.

      Cons

      Might be tired something's but the best it good enough .

      Advice to Management

      Keep encouraging your staffs to push n do there job I quietly .

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