Working at Ensign Group in Manitowoc, WI: 1 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Manitowoc, WI Area

"The Ensign Group purchased all of the former Harmony Assisted Living facilities in Wisconsin last summer, and after telling employees, residents and their family that nothing would change, Ensign immediately made drastic cuts to staffing and reduced 8 hour shifts to 7.5 hours or less. Ensign is absolutely clueless in WI and it became apparent soon after I started working for this company that the only thing that matters is the bottom line, heads in beds and making a profit. I was thrown into the worst mess imaginable and was never told that it was so broken or that I was the 5th executive director at that ALF in 2 years. Employees took over, no leadership, no structure and no one working there knew a thing about the state mandated regulations. Not one area of operations was in compliance! I begged for help in cleaning up the mess and got none. Just threats with losing my job if I did not fill the place and had so much work heaped on me that I worked 11 or 12 hours a day and 7 days a week. Executive Directors are worked to death - you are the receptionist, accounts payable, accounts receivable, sales and marketing, business office manager, human resources, maintenance, help answer call lights, serve meals, work in the kitchen and pick up caregiver shifts if you can't find coverage. Total insanity! I was constantly pressured to admit and keep residents that needed more care than we could provide. No wonder employees come and go rapidly and Wisconsin communities are a disaster - every administrator is miserable and looking for work elsewhere. Core values are a joke because upper management treats facility administrators horribly. Stop saying you cannot find quality management level employees in Wisconsin. Ensign does not understand our state regulations for CBRFs and only cares about making money. Ensign needs to stop saying they can't find good management material in WI. It's not us, it's YOU! Ensign should get out of WI and go back to California!"