Elara Caring Employee Reviews about "great lakes caring"

Pros

I struggle to think of any right now, So Sad

Cons

The absolutely worst thing was Great Lakes Caring being sold to Elara. Not even close to being a quality company. Our patients are suffering and our employees are screwed with management's (from the top and down) lack of compassion

Pros

Great Lakes Caring WAS an amazing company with values. They truly cared for all employees. THEN it was merged to become Elara Caring. Elara has no regard for employees and facilitate a toxic work environment. Pro: Management at local level was great and employees in field truly cared about patients.

Cons

Toxic workplace New CEO informed employees they were easily replaced. No raises this year. Good employees leaving in droves. No communication from upper management.

Pros

The field staff truly care about our patients.

Cons

Pretty much everything. Elara Caring took over Great Lakes and is ruining this once great company. Since taking over, Elara has taken away all PTO for part times employees, increased health insurance rates significantly, didn’t pay normal holiday bonus, no contribution to 401k. Most recently, no sign of merit raises we were supposed to receive in March and no communication regarding them. No response from Human Resources regarding new Michigan law for sick time for part time employees and none given to part time employees despite law being in effect in April. No help from office staff when out in the field.

Pros

None that I have experienced

Cons

Since Great Lakes Caring was taken merged into Elara Caring everything has turned to crap! Insurance Benefits are outrageously expensive, mileage reimbursement is pathetic, PTO time is terrible and everything takes longer to accomplish. They came in and cut tons of staff, just called them in and let them go with no notice. Their electronic medical record was forced on us and it takes longer to complete. They are constantly on your back about productivity with no regard to your enormous territory and drive time. Then they force you to drive hours to cover other branches because they are constantly firing people without a proper investigation....people that have worked there for years with no complaints about them. Management plays favorites and always has at least one employee that is their whipping boy that they constantly pick at. Human resources is a joke since most of them have no education in the human resource field. If your a nurse you can get away with anything but other disciplines better watch out! My advice is don’t even waste your time with this company because it’s nothing but stress. No work life balance because all you will do is work and fall into bed at night.

Pros

I have worked for Great Lakes Caring for 4 years and could not imagine working anywhere else. There have been many changes within the Company but we have remained strong and a very close knit Team. There is so much room for growth and advancement within this Company, as I started out as a RN Case Manager and was able to advance to Clinical Manager. My management Team is amazing and always available to me when needed and support me in all decisions that I make.

Cons

I cannot think of any Cons at this time.

Pros

Family environment at this organization, and Corporate truly cares about ALL employees.

Cons

I cannot think of a downside to working at Great Lakes Caring

Pros

I have worked for Great Lakes Caring almost 3 years now. I find myself really enjoying many aspects of not only my job, but the people that I interact with on a daily basis. From my teams in the office, to the patients I speak with, there is a very welcoming tone that radiates across the board. With all of us (employees) spending so much time together during the work week, it is extremely important to me that we have healthy work relationships. This has become the best work family I could've asked for! I would love to continue to grow with the company and I look forward to the growth that is coming our way. I am very proud to call myself a GLC employee!!!

Cons

None worth noting at this time.

Pros

There isn’t any. This place is a joke that takes advantage of it’s hard working staff. Stay away! You have been warned..

Cons

This company purchased Great Lakes Caring in 2018. Since then I have had countless co-workers get fired due to “budget cuts.” Today was supposed to be our regular pay day and unfortunately they can’t pay us anymore as well. I have stayed hoping that things would improve after the merger but sadly that hasn’t been the case. My PTO was cut, my health insurance DOUBLED with less coverage and today they didn’t even pay us. The worst part of that is they won’t even tell us why or give us an answer on when we will be paid. I can’t believe I have stayed this long, shame on me for trusting this once great organization.