Brookdale Senior Living

[joyflnoyz]

..seems to be buying up all the retirement/ALU?SNF/LTC facilities. Huge corporation.

Anyone work for a facility owned by Brookdale? What are the corporate policies like for the individual facility? Anything I need to watch out for?

[bcoaggiemom09]

I'm no longer there, and glad of it. After speaking with several other former employees who have been let go since I left, we have determined that the new RDO has "cleaned house" of almost all management that had been in place with the prior RDO. This is a horrible place to work at if you are in a management position.

[RN007]

Are any of you willing to say in which geographic region you were located? I just applied for a job ....

[VivaLasViejas, ASN, RN]

I'm in Oregon.

[RN007]

Thanks ...

[RPonicki]

Terrible company to work for. In spite of the reviews that I read online I decided to taka a position at Brookdale instead of the other company that was offering me a spot. The first thing they have you do as a new employee is sign a waiver stating that you have no ability to sue them. In fact it says that arbitration is a condition of employment. Within 2 weeks of beginning the ED who I was hired by was fired, my complete job was changed and I was given the ultimatum "Do this new job or walk". Don't work for Brookdale under any circumstances. This is a terrible corporation and the 2-3 extra dollars that they pay you isn't worth the lack of job security.

[Rohan8]

Any company that requires you to sign a "no sue" contract is in my opinion very dishonest. The turn over in EDs and Nurses at Brookdale is horrendous. If all you need is 6 months of experience to get another job, and you don't have any other options then go for it. If you can get a position somewhere else then do it.

[shouldabeenabarista]

I am an HWD who hates my job now (less than 6 mo). I have been working 6/7 days a week, on call 24/7, the pay (salary) is way less than other nurses with my degree, and constant micro-managing from BSL. BSL likes to promise all things upon hire but let me warn people: it is stressful, purposely understaffed, and all-consuming of your time. Non-medical local and regional managers make decisions that you cannot ethically agree with to "close the back door" and then YOU are expected to come up with plans of care when there are not enough staff or resources to keep the resident safe. It's a very dysfunctional organization no matter how often they love to chant their mission statement.

[focusedvalpn]

Is anyone here working there on the east coast? Thinking about the hwc position no one ever really leaves this company here in my area.