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licensed practical nurse

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Anthology Senior Living

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great building to work in and well maintained, Most of the staff are doing impossible jobs and impossible situation’s, but handling it extremely well. Corporate expectations seem to be very high, but the reality is when you’re there it’s very difficult to maintain a complete focus from everyone coming and redirecting your attention to every immediate thing happening this is common throughout the care facility communities nationwide, more focused on the individual care needs to be given and all the situation‘s that I like working for there yes very much but it was the people that work there that made the difference not the company we worked for ..

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The constant change in command of all the higher up directors and corporate people. The turnover was incredible. Therefore, it was very difficult to know with something it done that you passed up the food chain or not but once again, the people in the building did the very best they every day to make it a very pleasant and wonderful place for a resident to live the quality of life is number one and we’re talking about the resident individual care. This was always the main focus and still is to this day my recommendations of the building it’s an absolutely wonderful my recommendations of the corporate. I think those children need more education. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
For the most part, every day was a wonderful, joyous thing. You’ve got to see people that you cared about and work with you’ve got to see residence that grew to be part of your family and it was always sad to see one pass away. The work environment was a standard work environment across the board and caregiving nationwide. It’s still the people that give the care that make the difference.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Each day came with its own set of rules and its own set of problems. Proper training always made this day work fine stressed, proper training, so they have a great foundation to always fall back on.

The actual job itself is great. The residents are very sweet and I love the work. 

However:

- Management does not have a mind or professional tone when they speak to staff
- There is one care staff per floor. Each floor has at least 15 residents at this point. There is one nurse and one CMT assigned to a floor. However, most of the time there is either a nurse or CMT, not both, and this person is in fact assigned to all 3 floors. 
- Management tells families the facility has more staff than it does. The families see right through the BS though and have even told the staff they know it’s managements fault. When families visit, they realize they have been mislead as to the kind of care the residents are receiving. Care staff is then greeted by frustrated families. Management then tells care staff to “make sure you aren’t acting overwhelmed. This job is not impossible. We don’t have any ratios to fill with staff to residents. One caretaker per floor is not understaffed. You are fine.” They carestaff isn’t acting overwhelmed. Unfortunately, we’re used to this. The problem is the families know we’re the only ones up here and when we tell them everything is under control they know it’s a bunch of BS the managers told us to say. And they let us know that. 
- People quit quickly. The new staff quickly becomes the veterans. The managers keep trying to hire people, but new people get scared off by the management. 
- Carestaff is in charge of: caretaking, housekeeping, laundry, taking food orders, and waiting tables. Why? Because the waitstaff and housekeepers quit after being screamed at by management every day. 
- If a manager is asked for help, whether by a carestaff member or a resident, they are rejected and push the task off to someone else. 
- Management lets people stay who need more help than this facility can give them. They don’t listen when carestaff tells them we cannot help them meet their needs here. People have hurt themselves or hurt others because of mobility issues or psychiatric issues. They let people stay until it’s too late. More bodies = more money.

The residents and their families, for the most part, are nice even though they are frustrated with the care.  They are understanding in that the place is way under staffed.  They know management doesn't care and when they try to have a conversation with anyone they are basically brushed off or hear what they want knowing things won't change.  

They pride themselves in saying they are not a healthcare facility yet continually take in people who require more and more care with no additional staff to support it.  When there is no staff available to work, then there is no staff and you work with what you have.  You are expected to figure it out.  

There is no housekeeping some days so you are on your own there to.  They have recently added into the job description for the CNA's to do the housekeeping as in mop floors, clean bathrooms, vacuum, etc.  So it's bad enough that you already don't have enough staff to do your own job, but now you have to do the job of another position that you didn't apply for.  

The reason why staff doesn't last here is because they work you do the bone constantly saying that the numbers work and there is enough staff.  Keep in mind that management will NEVER come in to help if you are short.  The RMA manager of memory care will never hop on a cart, will never come in if you're short, and most likely won't find coverage if someone doesn't show up.  Staff gets frustrated especially if they do the job of 3 people without even a thank you.  The communication is terrible in this place.  The worst I've ever seen in all my years in healthcare.  

Overall, most facilities are short staffed, but here when you are left on your own with no additional staffing support you get worn out quickly.  

I am newly employed here at anthology of Northville. I Have experienced many different healthcare settings , and this facility has reached my base expectations as far as what I feel is best for a progressive and up building atmosphere . what I see ,from this specific facility is deep respectful communication is given to the patients and staff in the community.

 It takes a lot for people to take the time out of their day to write a positive post regarding a place and only seconds for someone to write a negative one. So I thought I would take the time out to share that this place has a lot of great benefits, fair salary, supportive management and other incentives such as free meals for employees and a walking program that adds dollars when you reach your fitness goals. What I look For at a place that I’m going to be loyally employed at, is , growth ,teamwork and good communication. 
Unfortunately , this generation of new workers (trying not to make it an age thing)  lacks the  passion and work ethics that prior generations had. Team leaders and New administration are making strides weeding out the weak links , and have emphasis on patient centered care .

 If you’re looking to be a part of a progressive facility that’s making great bouts of change for the benefit of the elderly communication within its population , come be apart of the change.

Former certified med tech. They have 5 floors. One med tech does 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor (memory care), while the second med tech does 4th and 5th floor. 
Puts the newest, non-experienced med tech on the 1/2/3 carts. Memory care is hard enough to work without having to do other floors. They dont give new staff or agency key fobs to open the memory care doors, so your always asking to be let out or finding someone to let you out. Makes for an odd encounter when you have to tell families you have no key and really dont know where to find one. Dont let it be a saturday or sunday because you will literally have to call the front desk for them to come up and let you out. 
Having 30 residents including memory care too the 20 on the other floors doesnt seem fairly divided at all, nor do they come to help if they med pass is done early. 
The residents also come and go all hours of the day. I would still be passing morning pills at 2pm because thats when i finally was able to locate some residents. 
You will walk a ton at this job. Halls are super long, and without a key fob you cant use the “short cut” so your constantly walking to the elevators to use them for floor changes. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
There is a Med Tech there that likes to run the place. Management lets her. If you have a problem, there is no one there you can trust to talk to. If you like to watch the residents not get the care they need. Then this joke of a place is for you. Never fully staffed. Having 1 person work both floors, is ok with them at night. During the day shift, 1 to 2 staff for each floor.  Be ready to break your back and bust your butt. The place is so beautifully decorated, which makes everyone tricked into working there thinking it’s going to be a good place to work. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not having caregivers that actually care. Management letting just anyone work there so they can have bodies there so they can stay open. Selling out all the units even when there is no staff to care for the new residents. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Management only cares about the appearance of the building. Doesn’t show appreciation towards staff. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Back breaking

I have been working as a kitchen server and caregiver at Anthology of Novi since October 2021. It took all of two weeks for me to hate the facility. Almost every department is under staffed. My biggest concern is my health and sanity, first and foremost, but also the residents that pay to live at this senior living facility. 

Working in the kitchen has been a disaster overall. Its mentally and physically draining. For the majority of my time at Anthology of Novi , the kitchen has been under staffed. Servers and cooks have been stressed from having to work 10 times harder than they should. The directors they bring in don’t care and barely know how to run a kitchen , let alone prepare a meal! I have images of some of the horrible meals they have served to paying residents. The residents deserve a fine dinning experience , and every day they complain about dinner service. We aren’t able to give them the service they deserve because we have no staff. Its now June , nothing has changed with this facility . I had already been thinking about finding a new job.

I have been forced into working 60-90 hours weeks and its ridiculous. Obviously I would decline extra shifts when I wasn't available but then I was threatened to be fired simply for not picking up shifts outside of my schedule. Also, I was promised to alternate on call weeks with 2 others and was soon told that they "had better things to do" than to take care of residents and cover excessive call offs and manage their own understaffing. To make matters worse I was a salaried employee so I didn't get any extra pay for the much longer hours I put in compared to other managers.

Any time I mentioned being overworked I was told that “I am not a team player” even though I am the only one covering shifts. We are so understaffed that it is considered unsafe by state requirements.

I have been successful in my career thus far and while I have had differing opinions from management in the past we always respected each other. There is no respect here. 

I looked forward every day to working and visiting with the residents whom I loved like family.  The hardest part of the job, was that management treated staff as subordinates who did not know anything.  Management would turn their heads when their "favorites" committed offenses that would endanger residents, and then turn around and lie about dedicated employees who were beloved by everyone, so they could fire them.  It was terrible to work there, having to look over your shoulder, even though you performed your job excellently,  thinking you might be the next one they made up lies about.  The good thing was, the residents didn't believe their lies and saw management for the liars they were.  Run, don't walk, from this place.  You do not want to work here.

Typical day at work:
Listen to how coworkers got written up. Personal favorite was for having a family emergency. 

Managers show extreme favoritism or nepotism. Be nice to your face but bad mouth you and tell other employees they wish you would quit. 

Do not confront any management or you will be fired on the spot or targeted till your next mistake. Then your fired. 

I learned a lot. Especially how to watch my own back and to keep my head down. 

Was personally instructed to never have contact with residents. 

Hardest part of the job was witnessing violations and afraid to speak up or lose my job. 

Most enjoyable part of the job was the repetitive company text messages about parking, talking to residents, or the meaningless events that I was told I'm not allowed to attend. It's for management mostly. Anytime I attended I got stared at as if I didn't belong. Or was asked to be elsewhere but around the residents. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Caregiver 1 salary reported	$19.00 per hour
Nursing assistant 1 salary reported	$16.00 per hour
Licensed practical nurse 2 salaries reported	$29.88 per hour
Concierge 8 salaries reported	$17.78 per hour
Housekeeper 1 salary reported	$14.00 per hour

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