housekeeper

beautician

social services manager

maintenance person

staffing coordinator

Bethesda Health Group

They do not pay you anywhere near what you are worth, nor what is necessary to live in the area near any of their locations. The residents are always kind however, so it makes it a bit less stressful when you have some kind faces to look forward to. If you are anything outside of their corporate jobs, you are overworked and underpaid unfortunately. No benefits unless you are full time, and they avoid awarding you full time hours at all costs. If you are a nurse-- stay away, you will be spread so thin, and underpaid immensely. As for the receptionist, you are tasked with a few odd jobs that are not in the job description, which is a bit surprising sometimes. As far as other office assistants, transportation, and housekeeping, you are at the bottom link in the food chain. Good luck haha. However, if you stick around for over a year, you are eligible for a review and possible raise... so I guess that's something to look forward to. Bethesda just has a problem with underappreciating the people who do all the hardest work. They should reward people more, as there is no real incentive to do a good job beyond your own conscience.

Shame on you Bethesda for not paying your workers a decent wage. Only way you are truly appreciated  or earn a decent salary is if you are a salaried manager. Throughought my 8+ years of working at Bethesda I have Met some amazing residents and coworkers. Only real reason why I am staying with this company is because it is close to where I live. Why would anyone stay with a company that doesn't pay its workers well. You can go across the street and flip burgers for a bigger paycheck, Plus you are not exposed to COVID. 
     The amount of money you charge Private pay residents is absolutely outrageous, Where is this money going if we are not being paid a decent wage? In the CEO's Pocket, thats where. Only reason why I stayed is because I knew that I made a difference in the lives of the residents that lived there. Now that I have found another job I hope other job candidates will open their eyes on what this company is actually like.

Best part of the job was dealing with the residents and providing to their needs. Difficult part of the job was the lack of usage of my training skills when possible. When asked management worked closely and well with employees, providing team leadership. Working 10:30PM-7:00AM read all documentations by previous employees, do a walk through the building checking exit  doors making sure they are locked. Pay attention to building monitor, answer incoming calls, and answer questions from visitors. Stock and set up coffee bar for residents in the morning. Devise wake-up calls to residents that requested them. Set out breakfast foods for continental breakfast by 7:00Am.  Call 911 when needed, should a resident fall or accrual of a fire. Send E-mail of 911 incident to proper channels of corporate management. Document all incidents of the night shift in the employee Log  Book so everyone would be updated with information from previous shift.

i worked in senior support solutions. i had to drive to a different building everyday. i would also be scheduled by myself or with one other person. it was a very lonely job. most of my time consisted of sitting in the office waiting for the ipad to have an assignment. i would also be schedule ridiculous hours without asking me first. they would schedule me maybe 7-10 am, off for a few hours just to come back 3-10. i would be scheduled late one night just to work early the next morning. multiple 12 hour shifts in a row sometimes 14 or 16. again not asking me if i’m okay with that. they would also schedule me home health jobs where the patient needed little to no help so it was very boring & those were 12 hour shifts. i worked with a man who had family in during my entire shift so me being there was unnecessary. very low pay for the amount of work i put in. the only thing i enjoyed about this job was the residents & the option to have daily pay. 

The residents are wonderful, usually, some are a little challenging which would be perfectly ok  if the Director of south gate would schedule enough nursing staff and allow a tolerable budget for all other departments,  The managers are basically worried about their bonuses rather than staffing. the front of the building is constantly short and the back of the building doesn't get enough staff support . the food is the most disgusting thing i have ever seen in any nursing home or care facility . Ive heard others compare it to pig slop .the staff in the kitchen are slow, unorganized, and incompetent. Half the time i have no clue what they are serving. The soup looks like jello and they put fruit on the meats. yuck.

I took a job for less pay at this remote facility because I had heard wonderful things, and everything was great at first.  But then corporate management changed from a non-profit to a for profit way of thinking, and everything changed quickly.  You can no longer get what you need for your residents.  No one is happy. I have had 10 managers in 4 years, and at least 25% of the time I had no manager but reported directly to the DON/ADON as interim manager.  The culture is mean, and no one will help you.  When they are short  they pull nurses to the floor as aides, and unit managers as charge nurses.  They ask you several times a day to stay over for the next shift; after you say no to one person, they have another one try, ad nauseam.  Support staff is scarce as well, mostly because they expect too much for too little.  They can’t get anybody to stay.

Working for Bethesda in any of its locations you will find that you are under trained and expected to over perform. Underpaid, but treated like salaried individuals. With none of the benefits I might add. You are constantly harped upon while never getting recognition. You will be railroaded into either quitting or being terminated when you are either not an asset or begin to Think for your self. The culture is terrible. You are horribly stressed. HR works for the company. Not you. With a high turn over rate you are expected to pick up the work and complete your own at the same time. Management will not help you. Manage is either never helpful or not available. (same thing)  Bethesda is a place I'd recommend if you are merely wanting to get experience. Hard work. Undeniably underpaid for expectation and work. Do not trust. End of story.

This place has a very strong showing of favoritism and nepotism. All management share anything you say to them in confidence with other members on their level. If you aren’t a friend or relative to someone high up, your career here will be more difficult. I was hired into a department and worked for months, only to learn that others who were hired after me (and did less work but we’re related to the department manager) were making around $4.00 more an hour. This is a place where you do not advance by working smart, you must seem to be working as hard as possible on the smallest tasks to be viewed as productive. Hard workers do more work here and loud workers gain the benefits. 

A normal work day would consist of greeting your morning coworkers that are usually very easy to get along with. Then you start your opening which usually takes 20 minutes maximum. The opening I had consisted of setting up a salad bar with food and utensils, followed by stocking the reach in refrigerator with the foods we will need daily, then turn all kitchen equipment needed for the day. The management is on a friendly level, which is good or bad. Just depends on the type of management you work best under. The hardest part of my job would be constantly receiving orders from two different managers. The most enjoyable part of my job would be all the friends I've met while being employed with the company.

As a new nurse I was expecting to have at least a month of preceptorship; not the case. I was assigned to a LPN that stated that "She did not want to train me!" The entire time I was with her, she would not allow me to do anything. After a week with her, I asked to be precepted by another nurse, and I was made to feel as though I was the problem. I continued with the same preceptor for the duration of the month, without ever physically being allowed to touch her patients. I was released on my own as a new nurse inadequately trained. Thank God, I am one of those people that know how to think critically, and figure my way through difficult situations.  The staff has cliques and teamwork is not valued. Management is only visible when something goes wrong.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Housekeeper 2 salaries reported	$15.75 per hour
Beautician 1 salary reported	$22.50 per hour
Social services manager 1 salary reported	$54,000 per year
Maintenance person 1 salary reported	$17.50 per hour
Staffing coordinator 1 salary reported	$19.50 per hour

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