Brookdale Senior Living Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"I worked for Brookdale for 6 years. This is a toxic environment where they hire friends. The only way to get ahead here is being in the clique. I was bullied and sexually harassed. It was reported and nothing was done. So, after a year of this boys' club mentality, I gave my 30-day notice. On day 3 they asked me to leave. Don`t work for this company. It`s all about money."

"I worked for Brookdale for a few years. It is without a doubt the poorest run company I have been a part of. They have the right ideas and “mission” but don’t execute any of these things they pride themselves on."

"Unfortunately, the company mantra and corporate wording all looks nice on paper and for corporate shareholders, but when it comes to actual application the only part that gets any real attention is "sell, sell, sell". There is a disconnect between the corporate level and the buildings that won't be solved by visits to carefully culled and chosen buildings. Might be better if the home office hopped on a plane and popped into random buildings without any notice, maybe picking them from reviews from various websites to see what is really going on in your buildings, and sitting and talking to the front line employees in buldings that are not your star proformers to find out why. You really can't tell what is going on just by reviewing lines on a financial worksheet while sitting miles away. The care and compassion by the front line staff is amazing, but they can only do so much before they are burnt to a crisp. After a while, they can only give so much of themselves before they decide that it is much easier to work just about in any other field, make the same or more money and have less stress, more help, and a better work/life balance."

"Management does not care about employees or Resident's. E.D, is horrible.Has no idea what she is doing. Cold Hearted, Condescending and Disrespectful to Staff .I truly feel awful for the Resident's and the poor quality of care that they are receiving."

"Poor management. Poor employee retention. Laughable staffing. Inadequate training. Hostile work environment. Always working short-staffed. No thought about acuity. Clear favoritism of certain staff."

"After 9 years I just don't know how to express my gratitude for the more then generous raise I received. The 14 cent raise should help me and family have a better quality of life. NOT. I worked alone in the building as the only dayshift caregiver for months because the rest quit. I couldn't give showers, I couldn't keep and eye on everyone, I couldn't give them what they deserved or were paying for. Management helped with nothing. I did it all. And I'm not even worth a quarter. Not even a full 15 cents. All my back breaking work over the years, all the hard times, and all I'm worth is a lousy 14 cents. SMDH."

"I've been working for Brookdale for about a month now. I am extremely concerned for the residents of this program and its hardworking staff. So many things wrong with this company! The RA role is not as they describe it to be when you are hired. Staff is underpaid for doing CNA, nursing work. This is supposed to be an assisted living facility but most of the patients here are full assist, which RAs are not trained to handle. I have seen other RA's be verbally and even physically abusive to residents. There are cockroaches everywhere, they climb on the residents and are infested in their rooms. In the one month I've worked here, we have run out of care supplies twice, we have nothing to clean the residents with and have to use wet briefs and napkins to clean them up when they are changed."

"Horrible to staff. This company will do whatever it can to save face in the public eye, including burning good employees for unfounded accusations, all the while denying residents proper care to attend to erroneous accusations against staff. Avoid working for or putting your loved ones at that place."

"Brookdale North Scottsdale on 15436 N 64th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85254 is a horrible place to work. People will be judged and bullied and sexually harassed! I did report this and the director ignored me. Being bullied at work for either your gender, sexual orientation, skin color, your weight or anything else this place will do! I have seen all this and it's a hostile environment for workers to be in. Managers are supposed to be kind and respectful and overall love their employees. Too many managers at this location turn the other cheek when allegations are made and pretend nothing bad ever happens here, even brushing everything under the rug to make it hush hush. It's so sad to see this go on for so long."

"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."