Working at Maxim Healthcare Services in Columbia, MD: 9 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Columbia, MD Area

"Maxim is one of the most poorly managed companies I have ever encountered — I wish I had stayed with my former employer. Two employees were brought in to fill benefits positions, due to staff leaving. Management was mainly working from home and left two employees to train us, who were overburdened in their roles and uncomfortable with training. I was resented for asking too many questions, but the SOP documents were outdated, and management was largely absent. Because I pointed out things (from my own experience) that a team member was doing incorrectly and that I was witnessing knowledge gaps regarding benefits that should not exist, I was despised by a team member who reported me to management and played the victim to try to get rid of me. She didn't speak to me for two months. Her coworker lied to my face, telling me she was transferring to another area of the department because "she had waited it out for six months." It was obvious she was having more and more work dumped on her. However, she went to management and told them that I was the problem, and she was buddy-buddy with the other employee giving me the silent treatment. There is an issue effecting travelers and caregivers with local offices not following procedure, that effects their paychecks. We would get calls all day on this issue, and were just told to refer it back to the local offices, who often didn't know how to resolve the issue, or were avoidant, so I had to repeatedly escalate cases to my manager to resolve. The company knew this had been going on for years, but refused to hold local office staff accountable and to create a structured process for resolution of these issues. When I brought up the concern, I got a lot of "this is the way it has always been" and it was very clear it was appeasement and nothing would be done. The company has a culture of "keep your head down, do your job, and shut up." It's not surprising they were fined $150 million in 2011."

"I've worked with Maxim Healthcare for 5 years now. During my time I've been able to move up from my entry level position to a regional managerial level position. My move to the regional team has been great & I am very satisfied by my work load, my managerial interaction, & my relationship with our leadership team. My only negative would be the uncompetitive compensation available as well as many splits that have been announced during my time. It looks like they will finally separate our home healthcare division from our staffing division this winter."

"I worked at Maxim since 2010. The company is filled with good people, however the pay there is not that great. I would recommend this company to others as a starting job, but I don't think it's anything to make a career out of. The retention of employees has been terrible."

"I worked there 10 weeks and "resigned". I was surprised and shocked at the politics and hate to say that you should not work for this company."

"Maxim Healthcare has 30,000 employees in offices across the country. I enjoyed my work there tremendously, and was sorry to see the deletion of my position. The company was technically smart, requiring all employees to learn new software on a regular basis."

"We built a strong team and didn't rest on our laurels."

What do you like about working at Maxim Healthcare Services?

"Good culture and environment with a positive and constructive team approach."

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

"The company is changing and it may be a very different company in a few years - culture, drivers, and leaders."

What don't you like about working at Maxim Healthcare Services?

"The leadership did not understand the benefits of effective marketing, and some of the management were challenging to work with."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allocate resources to grow the business, if that is what you truly want to do."

"Contract work temporary time placement."

What do you like about working at Maxim Healthcare Services?

"I like the independence."

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

"Be prompt."

What don't you like about working at Maxim Healthcare Services?

"I dislike the flexibility."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be consistent."

"Maxim is a good company to use as a stepping stone."

What do you like about working at Maxim Healthcare Services?

"It was a five-minute commute."

What don't you like about working at Maxim Healthcare Services?

"They were not very professional."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Screen employees better."