Would you work here?

[ellieheart]

I got a nursing job offer at an inpatient psych facility. When I Googled their name, I found employee reviews that were very discouraging. Would you work in a place like this?

Here's an example of a typical employee review I found online:

"The pay is the lowest I have every had, chronically understaffed and over worked. Someone files "safe harbor" at least once a week. They will make you do M.A.R. reconciliation on up to 38 patients in the evening, as well as give the patient's their medications, do q15 minute rounds and chart. Yes you can get overtime, but at what a price. If you value your hard earned license, it's not worth it.

The management is incompetent, all they care about is the bottom line - money, and they do anything to cut corners.

The place is filthy; they run around like crazy trying to clean up the mess prior to a JACHO inspection.

They have an orientation class monthly of about 30 new hires, but most candidates don't stay past their first or second shift.

I could write a novel, but it has all been put in other posts, which are true.

Bottom line - working here is a decision, you will regret."

[t&g0913]

...no?

[Nibbles1]

NO!!!!

I know that when I graduated, I put in a lot of apps. I took the first job offered. Had the same type of reviews, after 4 days of orientation, I never returned.

[Barnstormin' PMHNP]

Nope.

[elkpark]

You've already accepted a job there? Why are you checking the employee reviews after you took the job? Did you not do any sort of research beforehand? What other options do you have? How badly do you need a job?

[Jules A, MSN]

While I would definitely consider the negative reviews it seems rare that people who are happy bother writing comments. FWIW I haven't ever heard of doing MAR recs on evening shift so I wonder if that is credible, why wouldn't that be done overnight when there is more free time? Some comments especially about horrible wages don't impress me. Clearly they knew the pay sucked before they took the job, right? When interviewing ask about staffing ratios. I almost always did some shadow hours before actually accepting a position so I could get a feel for them and they for me which I found to be helpful.

[ellieheart]

i started checking because i saw a story on cbs new about a patient who died there. found dead in her bed, cause unknown.

[chevyv, BSN, RN]

Sounds like my prior county job. I loved it! We did q 15min checks (which were delegated to CNA's usually though we did all dive in when needed), paper charting, medicare updates for billing, only a choice few made it through probation (because it mostly sucked butt), and then safety was a huge issue! Again, I loved it and left because they planned on closing the whole facility "in the future". I needed stability in a job.

It was tough, unsafe, and generally leaky old nasty building! But, I worked with some of the best coworkers ever!

[Jules A, MSN]

Sounds like my prior county job. I loved it! We did q 15min checks (which were delegated to CNA's usually though we did all dive in when needed), paper charting, medicare updates for billing, only a choice few made it through probation (because it mostly sucked butt), and then safety was a huge issue! Again, I loved it and left because they planned on closing the whole facility "in the future". I needed stability in a job.

It was tough, unsafe, and generally leaky old nasty building! But, I worked with some of the best coworkers ever!

I hear ya and had a similar experience. We did so much with so little. It was down and dirty but I loved every minute of it.