Brookdale Senior Living Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"I liked the residents, and knowing I was making life better for them."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Prepare yourself to be just a warm body. Watch your back. Management only cares about themselves."

What don't you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"Management does not want to hear about other employees harassing each other. Managers failed to report abuse to the state."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the employees and take corporate out of the small day-to-day operations."

"Underappreciated, overworked, and way UNDERPAID."

What do you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"I like the residents. I love working with them. They are the reason why I come into work, knowing that they depend on me to help them with everyday tasks/life. It's what I love to do."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't... don't waste your time. You can find a better job. JUST know what you're in for, cause it doesn't pay what you think it would. In fact it's much much lower."

What don't you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"I dislike EVERYTHING. To be point blank, this company does nothing but 'drive people to drink'. I've been with this company for over 5 years. I worked in many areas of the building and am currently a 'med passer'. I've seen things I never want to see, and people get away with it. The ED has done nothing but make the atmosphere in this building cave. Everyone is on pins and needles. People are getting trained and quitting 1-2 weeks after. It's a hard job, and our pay doesn't even come close to the amount of work we do. There is 1 aid for 15 or more residents. Do the math in your head. This company is sickening. There are no free meals, not even on holidays, and a raise that could make someone cry (For all the work you do as an associate, med tech, nurse, etc., you would think you would be getting a little more than 17 - 20 CENTS RAISE ... PER YEAR!) -- sometimes no raises. I'm sorry, but this company is just sad. Everyone in our building feels under appreciated, and most are looking for new jobs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"TREAT YOUR EMPLOYEES BETTER. Respect them! 17-20 cent raises... or less in some IS JUST PATHETIC! Understand what we do in a day, knowing how hard it is -- we are human beings too! I love what I do but feeling under-appreciated and underpaid is not a good feeling to come to work to EVERY DAY!"

What do you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"There is nothing at the moment -- none that I can think of."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make sure you have good time management skills to get the job done."

What don't you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"There is too much stress -- having too many things to do with not a lot of time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I am not sure about what I would do differently."

What do you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"Medical and dental and vision was good, and free lunch sometimes."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I would not recommend anyone work for this company. It is not a nice place."

What don't you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"They don't care about the workers or the residents, just the money they can bring in."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Do not just say you put residents first. Put them first."

What do you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"I like meeting the residents and making them smile."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask a lot of questions about the job and the company."

What don't you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"I don't like people being rude and not listening to others."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be open and just listen."

"Great place to work & worry-free."

"Crappy place to work."

What do you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"I liked my boss, who was reduced after many years in an area director position back to an ED. She knows her stuff, had faith and supported the EDs she supervised, and cared that you made the right decisions."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No, as they are too stupid to figure out that they have good people working for them!"

What don't you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"I don't like senior management. They have no clue the struggles the EDs endure. They do not support or defend the actions of the EDs. They only care that support staff can call an 800 number, whine and complain and are satisfied. It doesn't matter that the EDs are doing their job and are effective at it. They only care that the whiners get their way!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to the executive directors. Stop promoting the men ahead of the women in senior management positions."

"A good company .. going bad !"

What do you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"Even after getting caught lying to the state, the executive director was fired but was relocated to another Brookdale Community."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Each community is different. If the sales have been average to above average, but the occupancy is poor, something 'bad is happening."

What don't you like about working at Brookdale Senior Living?

"I enjoyed working with the families and making wonderful friends with the residents."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If upper management wishes to improve sales (and occupancy), the sales people should be directed by experienced sales people, not by someone that has worked as an activities director. Sales and operations need to like each other and not constantly be at war."