maintenance technician

memory care caregiver

cook

concierge

assisted living caregiver

Central Bethany

I haven’t worked here very long, but from what I have witnessed since I’ve been employed has been nothing more than HORRIBLE. Management is constantly “managed” by their own employees because they don’t know how to do their job and would rather hangout and make their employees their besties rather than coworkers. 
The pay isn’t worth the stress, your offered paid time off but can only use it after a period time, and with the horrible work environment, no one ever makes it to that marker. The company claims to “value” their employees but could care less about who they are hiring or firing. I’ve seen several employees come and go since my time here. Which even resulted in the company begging select few to stay, paying them substantially more than other servers currently hard at work here, and they’re doing the same job! Servers are ignorant and lazy. And the food for employees is  overpriced.  Everywhere I’ve ever worked employees were offered a free employee meal,  if that had been the case here maybe management would not have to have dealt with so many conflicts regarding food and payment.
DO NOT expect your hours to be consistent or even close to the hours you are promised upon hire. They’ll screw you over faster than they lose employees. The manager is constantly hiring new people, then cutting everyone’s hours because they need to lower labor hours. Which is unfair to select few who were promised something, and need the hours and money to survive. Newer employees will get way more hours than people who have worked there longer, and have more experience, and the manager will not care. 
They claim to be a great company to work for as a part time student THIS IS A LIE. The manager won’t want to work with your school schedule and will only schedule you a few hours to refrain from firing you. If the animals suffering, put it down already. 
Another note, there are theive in the building! Numerous items have been reported stolen and NOTHING has been done about it due to managements lack of care. But God forbid you go to HR about It.  Once you go to HR  about the manager, the manager is notified and instead of handling the problems the correct way and compromising the manager will simply do with you what they please. Cut your hours, ignore you, threaten you with a write up, make your job harder when it doesn’t need to be and move on with their happy life. 
Lastly, if I were to  summarize all of the issues here at Laura Parc in the dining rooms , I would simply say “the manager“.  I have yet to hear the kitchen staff including dishwashers Bakers line cooks prep cooks and head chef complain about their hours, their management or their jobs in fact,  nearly as much as anybody who works in either the dining rooms.  I haven’t heard a single peep from housekeeping caretakers front desk event planner or maintenance about their jobs, everyone else seems happily employed. So please please PLEASE! Save yourself, don’t apply, don’t do an interview and don’t continue working here, if you work here now, GET OUT BEFORE IT RUINS YOU. I currently work here, and I’m not afraid of your retaliation Shaunae Collins

Just saying what we’re all thinking 😘

It became clear the company doesn't care about its employees, especially during the coronavirus situation. Communication was minimal, leaving employees in the dark for weeks or even months. Management and HR were not coordinated in reopening efforts.

Turnover is ridiculous, so the team suffers from always onboarding and training new people who leave soon after being trained; it's a vicious cycle that scares away competent staff. They don't even train adequately to begin with. Some people say it's a benefit that BAC cross-trains staff to work in multiple departments, but that's really a symptom of being understaffed and stretching their employees thin. 

HR is not on-site but through the parent company, so they are out of touch with the issues experienced by staff and are sometimes reluctant to follow up or resolve complaints. 

If you're looking for a full-time job with benefits, you'll be disappointed with their current options. It's impossible to afford healthcare for your family with their low wages and expensive benefits package. Benefits aren't equal across departments (e.g. spa employees get more perks than bistro or admin staff).

The hardest part about working there was seeing all the good employees leave when they got fed up with the toxic work environment.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The kitchen was not designed for the expansion of the  building. The space is closterphobic and you cannot get tips working here. The people are nice but theres alot of labor with little financial incentive to want to stay. It is espically high labor because they did not expand and upgrade the kitchen after the expansion and they needed to upgrade and expand the kitchen before the building expansion anyways because the dining room is way too large and when theres a full dining room the stress in the kitchin is the highest out of anywhere else you could work in this place. Do not apply in kitchen staff..

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The kitchen needs to be expanded and upgraded. When the dining room is completely full the kitchen staff have to work ten times as hard to be able to serve everyone in a timely fassion. The dining room is already too big for the kitchen but they decided to do a building expansion and even though they talked about building a second kitchen for the expansion. It doesnt matter the origonal dining room is too big for the origonal kitchen and that kitchen had to provide for an upstairs dining room as well so the kitchen staff are very over worked and under appriceated.

When i started here, I loved my job. The residents truly make your day, and make you excited to come to work. But that quickly wore off after the way one manager who does not seem qualified and the catty drama from one employee it ruined my joy to work there. Don’t bother reporting anything to HR either, like the drama, the rule bending, sliding huge mistakes under the rug, you get told it will be handled, and instead you start getting in trouble for things, and eventually let go, if you don’t quit first because they make you so miserable which is what i did. The turn over rate is the way it is for a reason. This place could be amazing, and a great place to work, if they would start looking at the root of the problem. The compensation could be much better as well. The amount of work you do deserves more than what you get, especially when new hires are getting more than you after you’ve been there a while. If you get hired for one shift, prepare to get told instead of asked to change to a different one due to lack of being able to keep an employee which i heard happened to a few people. 
Other than that, the place is truly beautiful, and has so much potential. And the residents are what makes it so special here. 

I worked for Laurel Parc for quite a while.The residents are wonderful and I enjoyed working there for the most part. The facilities are very nice, clean and well kept. However, there are systemic problems in management style.The atmosphere is punishing in nature. Managers look for ways to discipline employees instead of leading with knowledge, support and encouragement. Employees were sometimes treated like children, and many had previous management backgrounds. The lack of respect was embarrassing. 
Another big issue was compensation. Several times there were incidents of new hires coming in at higher pay rates than the existing, and loyal employees who would be training them. When questioned, employees were told to mind their own business. 
I believe Laurel Parc could be a great place to work should management ever consider to use employee mistakes as teaching opportunities versus “I caught you!” moments. Good managers will find a way to encourage workers to do better. The punishment method isn’t the way to do that.
That and repairing pay disparities would be a big improvement.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good pay, decent policies, ok maintenance 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management terrible. Will type and answer emails while you're trying to tell them something. Unorganized, but blames staff if something is forgotten or lost. Retaliation is very much a thing.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Badly organized and job descriptions aren't thought out. No support from leaders. Toxic people who are liked get to show up late or not work or disappear, but don't mention it to managers, you will get in trouble for bringing it up. Also, don't have a disability, you'll be out the door or your disability will be gossip.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Come in, find out something didn't get done the night before. Get blamed for it then do the job. Cover for favorites. Work really hard, break gets skipped. Certain staff will be rude or make comments if you're a lady, but don't say anything because you will be told you're lying. Go home, cry, get written up the next day. And repeat

Central Bethany is a small company quickly growing, so with that there are some major growing pains as they find the staff to fullfill the roles that they hire for. 
Management tends to be handsoff and allow people to grow into their role and own it. But with that it can be hard to get support because everyone has too many things to deal with. 

Good benefits and the best dental plan that you can get. Decent amount of PTO but the rental discount is very bad for onsite when compared to their competitors, on top of very expensive rent as well relative to other apartments in the area. 

15% discount vs the 40-50% that competitors have offered me. 

Ultimately while I really enjoyed the environment and team that I worked with, the costs of living is out of control and I couldn't afford to live nearby work. The payscale is also pretty bad for the skillset that is required to do the job. 22-25 for a maintenance tech role, while competitors in the area are now paying 28-30 for the same role without any management responsibilities.

Central Bethany is a great place to work if you want to learn and grow. There are so many different facets of business that you can be exposed to which can turn into a variety of opportunities down the road. I like that I am getting to learn and hear more about different properties ranging everything from apartments to office and retail to senior living and athletic club. It is a great way to learn and listen and see what interests you. One thing that you might have to keep in mind is being vocal about how you want to move up within the company, because it is not really corporate (which is a good thing) it is run like a small family office even though it is quite large, so it can be difficult to know how you can move up. The hierarchies and promotion paths are not clear. So, just something to keep in mind if you find you want to grow with the company, you just need to speak up and show your interest. But it is a great place to further your career if you are interested in the business!

I'll start with the good things about this place. Most of the residents are nice and friendly. It's fun getting to know them and their life story. And that's about it.
There is a high turn over rate with management and regular staff. Lucky if someone stays more then a few months. Because of this they stretch staff thin, many doing doubles or doing a 6-7 day work week. There is a lot of drama and rumors in pretty much every department from servers to caregivers to concierge. If you mention ANY concerns to management they just ignore you. Management just doesn't care or doesn't know what to do regarding toxic coworkers and the terrible work environment. HR also does absolutely nothing.  HR refuses to do anything to managers & workers who have had multiple complaints. But they will also not hesitate to fire someone for speaking out. Pay is under what most other places pay. No raises or bonuses unless you're management.

It’s been many years since my time at Central Bethany Development, but after experiencing other workplaces, I can honestly say this family-run company is something special. The family has worked extremely hard to build not just a workplace, but a true community within Central Bethany itself. They take pride in what they’ve built, and their success is well-earned.

As for management, people are people—there is always room for growth. What stood out to me, though, is that the owner makes the effort to listen. Not every concern leads to immediate change, but there is a genuine attempt at goodwill.

My time there gave me valuable work experience, useful skills, and the clarity to better understand what I wanted and needed in my career.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance technician 6 salaries reported	$27.13 per hour
Memory care caregiver 6 salaries reported	$21.38 per hour
Cook 4 salaries reported	$22.13 per hour
Concierge 5 salaries reported	$20.35 per hour
Assisted living caregiver 3 salaries reported	$22.00 per hour

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