Working at Brookdale Senior Living in Temple, TX: 1 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Temple, TX Area

"My reviews are them same as the others written about this company. I have been a nurse for over 20 years, the last year working for this company. It is evident this company is clearly profit driven and does not have any interest in employee relations. At this facility in Temple, TX the nursing administration is currently a joke. They DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT encourage nursing staff to progress and move up. They would rather pigeon hole as the term is called and keep current nursing staff on the floor working, rather than promote them into a nursing management position they are more then qualified to perform. The administration at this facility has its head in the sand about wages for the caregivers and nursing staff. Brookdale bought this Assisted Living facility with a healthcare area for skilled rehabilitation and long term care residents a few years ago. It still pays its staff in the skilled area like it is minimal care/minimal assistance, no acute care. The skilled-rehab, long term area is not just an assisted living area, it is at times total care for extremely sick people and the $10.00 an hour for the aides or caregivers is not enough for the amount of work these employees preform. Shame, shame, shame to Brookdale for your part in this mess of a business. It does nothing to complain to the the nursing administration and ED, they give their impression to either shut up and work or move on, because there is someone else that will not mind being screwed over for this wage. The turnover rate for care givers is horrible, the new employees start and by the end of the first week they are ready to quit. As a nurse we highly depend on the caregiver to be a huge part of the nursing team and when administration treats them like easy nothingness I know their feelings about the licensed staff, we are just as expendable as the caregivers. Not a good feeling to have when we are entrusted to provide high quality care to residents paying a lot of money to this company."