DaVita Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Really a horrible place to try to build a career. I had to threaten to quit to get a promotion I had been doing for more than 2.5 years. After communicating my promotion my director realized that she had made a mistake by not promoting me sooner as the rest of the organization saw me in the position. Now that I've been promoted I'm not allowed to do my role, but I'm currently stuck hand holding people and being excluded at every turn. Good ideas are not encouraged, toeing the company line is."

"Care more for their bottom line than the well being of their patients or staff. Staff are overworked, unappreciated and even when threatened and have reported it to the administration, company does not do anything because they don't want to lose any money by addressing the issue with the patient. On top of that, they keep on accepting new admissions even when they don't have the staff to cover for it. No 401k matching, sets up goals for your bonuses (which by the way, the way the system is set makes it difficult to achieve) and has a patronizing regional director who has a business background and has no clue what it means to be on the floor working with actual patients."

"The impression I got from working there that it was more important to maintain a good patient licence than to maintain good patient care. The patients were treated like cattle that had to hurry up and finish their treatment so we could get the next group of patients in to the chairs. There were more meetings about keeping the numbers high rather than the quality of care that the patients were getting. I watched as the new manager, who had no medical background whatsoever, tried more to kiss the ass of administration than take care of her crew. Who by the way, half of them left or quit within six months of her taking over the clinic."

"Horrible experience. There over a year and saw RNs forced out, HR is corrupt and ineffective. Leaders are kept out of the loop and secretaries are running the show at most clinics. They churn and burn managers at the rate of about 1 per year."

"FAs love Davita bc of the huge bonuses they get."

What do you like about working at DaVita?

"The patients and the clinical staff with the exception of the FA."

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

"Find another company to work for. Davita will crush your soul and try to turn you into a robot."

What don't you like about working at DaVita?

"Awful benefits. Inexperienced administers. Administrators get huge bonuses bc of all the hard work of the clinical staff. Clinical staff gets Jack s$!t while the administrator yells and writes people up for hindering their chance at a bonus. Patient and staff safety is compromised d/t low staffing levels and the staff they have are burnt out from awful hours and low pay."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Seek out FAs with experience. Take staff opinions into consideration when hiring administrators. Better benefits, and at least cost of living raises each year."

"No integrity. Horrible working conditions. As a leader in the organization, your hands are tied and HR is a joke."

"I have been with Davita for some years. The benefits are great but the PAY SUCKS. Davita is a company that will work you extremely hard and will give out crappie raises. They work dangerous and don't mind working SHORT. They work their techs and Nurses like DOGS. If you want to feel appreciated for your work go work for American Renal."

"This is not a good company to work for! Mandatory overtime daily, 18-20 hours, four days a week. The facility administrator will not respond to emails, text messages or voice messages. If you get sick because you are working too many hours, they make it difficult to call in sick. You not only have to call the scheduler, they have you call the clinical co-ordinator, who will try to convince you to work sick. I have only worked for Davita a few months, but have been told by RNs at two different hospitals that the Davita nurse dialyzing their patient collapsed during a treatment and a code was called. The schedulers are rude and lack any empathy for the nurses out doing the patient care. The have one goal. Assign a nurse to a patient. It does not matter how many hours the nurse has worked. Two of the schedulers are the daughters of the Regional Director. The daughters speak very condescendingly to all the nurses without fear of reprimand. I believe that Davita has a policy against nepotism. However, that policy obviously isn't followed. Bottom line is people do not matter to Davita, whether it is the patients or the nurses. Nurses working these long hours day after day are too fatigued to be safe. Working these long hours has definitely affected my health. I am one of those people who rarely gets sick and misses work. Since working for Davita, I have been sick twice and injured once. Money - that is the focus here. Making a profit. I am not against a business making a profit, but when that is the only focus the company is not being properly managed. People matter Davita."

"Company is great if you have the proper education."

"Davita/Lifeline is the absolute worst place to work, Managers have little or no experience or knowledge of the medical field. All that matters is encounter numbers. Annual bonuses were promised, but never forthcoming. Benefits are terrible, annual raises are a joke.CEO has a monthly salary in excess of 1 million dollars. Do yourself a favor, if you are considering working for Davita/Lifeline, seek employment elsewhere."

"I was in the process of training but quit before completion. I was having trouble with different female coworkers and had to be moved to a different clinic only to encounter more bullying and gossip. Basically, I was made to feel like I need to toughen up and every job is this way. I had to receive extra training because I was behind due to the issues at my hiring clinic. It's a lot of work and a lot of responsibility. You go in between 3-4 a.m. and work an average of 12 hours or more."

"Uniquely enriching and rewarding experience."

What do you like about working at DaVita?

"I liked the teammates."