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    Fresenius Medical Care - North America Reviews

    Updated December 12, 2018
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    Fresenius Medical Care - North America CEO Fresenius Medical Care North America and Deputy Chairman of the Management Board Rice Powell
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    Pros

    • "Flexible work schedule is encouraged and makes the job so much better if you commute long distances to Lexington" (in 52 reviews)

    • "Good pay great staff good benefits good culture" (in 115 reviews)

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    1. Featured Review

      Helpful (33)

      "Hard work, but great opportunities"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Fresenius Medical Care - North America full-time

      Pros

      Upper management is really investing in mid and lower management as well as clinic level staff. Lots of room for advancement for those who want to be excellent at what they do!

      Cons

      Dialysis is very fulfilling, but it is hard work. It either grabs you, or it's not your thing.

      Fresenius Medical Care - North America Response

      Apr 20, 2018 – TMP Account Director

      Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We strive to offer rewarding environments and opportunities for our employees, so we are encouraged by your positive perspective. As you... More

    2. "Great Company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Fresenius Medical Care - North America full-time

      Pros

      There are plenty of advancement opportunities within the company.

      Cons

      There aren’t any cons to report

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    3. "Facility administrative Assistant"

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      Current Employee - Facilities in Houston, TX
      Current Employee - Facilities in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Fresenius Medical Care - North America full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great company & Benefits. Flexibility is wonderful. They reimburse your expenses. Really take action on policies and procedures, along with expectations of what a FMC employee should portray. They’re fair. They were huge donors during Harbey even putting staff up in hotels, free rental cars, gas, and food.

      Cons

      Any issues with bullying, retaliation, misconduct, always report to HR. They will resolve it. Research isn’t always done to get all sides when reporting at bottom of chain of command. This is my biggest issue. Facility Admins are the backbone. We do staffing, patient schedule, facility billing , inventory of supplies and orders, new admissions and transfers, payroll, personnel records. The list is huge and very similar to a previous job as an Office manager. This is more of an Facility Administrator Assistant or Administrative 3 position. The clinics need someone just to man the phones, file, things that’s hard for us to do, I think Facility would operate better. We do not get paid enough for the amount of work we do daily and manage and experience level. I don’t always get lunches, set up travel, meetings,stay late, come in Saturday’s. It’s a very busy and demanding job.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to the staff individually. Talk to them about the level of work being done compared to experience levels and consider pay increases. Offer Admins overtime to get things done as needed. This is best company I’ve worked for, but that would be the one reason I left for something better.

    4. "Reasons to STAY AND WORK HARD - ATLANTA"

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      Current Employee - Information Technology Manager in Atlanta, GA
      Current Employee - Information Technology Manager in Atlanta, GA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Fresenius Medical Care - North America full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Why should you work for Fresenius? Why should you Continue your Employment? I will tell you why....because the Nurses and Care Team keep me alive....That is why. We love every one of you and appreciate your help. We know its hard. THANK YOU FROM A DISABLED MARINE VETERAN ON CAPD.

      Cons

      I find that Nurses get so busy that they stop listening to the patient. This goes for the whole care team. Stretched thin and the patient suffers.

      Advice to Management

      Automate the process and lead your team. Automation when done properly will allow you to manage more efficiently. Also, be gentle to your PD nurses because the patients rely on all of you to stay alive. At approx. $80k a month in billing I think you can afford to streamline for better customer care. Also please teach your staff to be understanding that we are literally dying and need you all to be sweet to us. We are counting on you and quality of life is hard if we have to do your job. Love ya for the effort and thanks.

    5. "FMC"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Fresenius Medical Care - North America full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      some benefits are good like 401k.

      Cons

      Not paid enough for the stress you go through.

    6. Helpful (1)

      "RN Clinical Manager"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Fresenius Medical Care - North America full-time

      Pros

      Good hours, good pay, lots of autonomy

      Cons

      The company is extremely focused on making money and not necessarily about providing care to human beings. Cutting hours and focusing on TAP (Total area productivity, AKA how much money we are spending to run a facility) Quality metrics based on patient health affect payment from medicare/Medicaid so we are constantly trying to change patient behavior when dealing with a population of people who 90% of are on dialysis because they weren't compliant to begin with (didn't manage diabetes or hypertension) then make it a measure of how well we are performing at our jobs when we can't change their behavior. Also having to deal with the PCTs who are undereducated and underpaid, making turnover for that position a nightmare.

      Advice to Management

      Stop focusing on what you can cut to save money. Once you stop being penny pinches you might get employees who want to stick around and then you won't have to pay so much to train new ones all the time.

    7. "LCSW Dialysis Social Worker"

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      Current Employee - LCSW Dialysis Social Worker in Springfield, OR
      Current Employee - LCSW Dialysis Social Worker in Springfield, OR
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Fresenius Medical Care - North America full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      flexible work hours, competitive salary, strong interdisciplinary team work model, great opportunities for collaboration within the clinic as well as other work environments such as hospitals and social service agencies; support for ongoing continuing education; FMC reimburses me $500.00/year for any continuing education opportunity of my choosing, ongoing opportunities for mentoring and case conferencing with large pool of dialysis social workers, easy access to my clinic manager as well as Director of Operations, supportive HR Dept

      Cons

      Downside is not fault of FMC it is the downside faced by all of us in healthcare: large caseload; increased demands around paperwork which takes us away from more indepth interactions with patients

      Advice to Management

      Consider some degree of financial support for those MSWs working toward licensure; possibly assist with cost of supervision. Currently FMC does help pay for cost of nursing school

    8. Helpful (1)

      "Low pay little training"

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      Former Employee - Ccht in Woodland, CA
      Former Employee - Ccht in Woodland, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Fresenius Medical Care - North America full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Patients, propaganda, large company, uniforms

      Cons

      Unappreciated, no training, unsafe, favoritism, low pay, equipment failure, bad transition, not HIPAA complaint, short breaks

      Advice to Management

      Try some human compassion without favoritism

    9. "Biomedical engineer"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Highland Park, IL
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Highland Park, IL

      I have been working at Fresenius Medical Care - North America full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Flexible schedule / benefits after 90 day

      Cons

      Poor management and high turnover

      Advice to Management

      Pay your employees what they are worth

    10. "Good job, Tech need a Union"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Fresenius Medical Care - North America full-time

      Pros

      Tuition Reimbursement
      Off Sundays unless major Holiday falls on week day. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years

      Cons

      Not enough pay for techs with all the duties and new duties begin pereformed daily. TAP seems to be bit more important than patient care. Everything in care giving is rushed.