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ChildrenFirst

Is it a perfect company, no? But what company is? Everywhere you go, there will always be unhappy staff, or something the company could be doing better. If you’re planning on applying I will say give it a real chance; and read all the negative reviews with a grain of salt. Most often reviews are written by scorned employees. There are employees that have been there for years and years, but have not probably written a review. 

To the former employees that complains about favoritism, lack of raise, lack of room for growth, that has not been my experience and observation. A lot of people expect to get raises etc but those are the ones that are always late, calling out, on their cell phones instead of interacting with the kiddos, they don’t go above and beyond, they always say no when asked to travel or cover at PPEC or group homes. The employees that truly selflessly do the work without expectations of being rewarded first, do get rewarded. 

At the end of the day you have to decide what are your goals in life and where do you want to be. This type of work is definitely not for the faint of hearts. 
For me, Working there as truly being rewarding because it’s about the kids and I don’t get involved in all the politics. I’ve been there about 2 years and I’ve gotten 2 raises, bonuses, ect. I’ve never had an issue and reached out to admin and not have received support. 

I believe someone complained that there are never supplies, I Will agree that there are limited supplies in the PPEC but that also has to do with the fact that supplies are sent to the patients home by their medical supply company of choice; so the expectations are that the parents are to sent their kids to the PPEC with the supplies. As far as the group homes, when I go there I always find all the supplies that I need. 

I truly enjoy working there and hope to continue for years to come. 

Wouldn’t recommend - not a place to grow. They don’t do your 90 day review on time which includes a raise that’s discussed in the interview process. 
Very stressful environment since no one communicates properly. 
MAJOR favoritism throughout the company.
The employees that have been there for 15-20 years are rude and grumpy can do NO wrong to the managers and owners.
Barely any one that has been there less than or to a year stays because they lay them off for no good reason or they choose to leave because of the circumstances of awful, awful communication and favoritism.
Expect so much from you then get no appreciation.
Managers talking about their employees to one another.
No team building. No fun Friday/pay day appreciations for the employees. 
Mess up PTO all the time, don’t fix multiple employees PTO times that they earned. 
Managers and owners refuse to take calls, which leads to constant complaints and getting scolded by other employees because they aren’t returning calls. 
All in all, I wouldn’t waste your time. Zero room to go, very low pay for what’s asked, awful communication through the WHOLE company, major favoritism, no appreciation.
All the negative review stated below are all 100% true, especially years later. 
This environment is very toxic with how condescending they are. The way some things went about was super unprofessional and wrong. 



Children First claims to offer competitive benefits and pay however the pay is low and the benefits (which are legally required) are terrible.
“Management” consists of the 2 owners and one of their adult children, who has no medical experience whatsoever.
The PTO is literally a joke. The
pay remained unchanged for
the first 20 years and has only recently been increased because staff was leaving constantly due to low pay, nursing shortages and very poor management. TBH the
only thing keeping nurses at ChildrenFirst is their obvious undying loyalty to the patients, which is regularly manipulated by the owners to keep the company running. New hires are paid a starting rate that is equal to or above what the long term/experienced employees have worked decades to earn. That being said, this is quite likely the reason the loyal (veteran) nurses hold a grudge against the new employees. The only way to make a decent salary at this company is to work 60+hours EVERY week.


There are no breaks, so you eat when you can. Benefits are only given to FT employees. Some CNAs do not help and when you bring it up to management, they just say we have to accept it. Some of the CNAs need to humble themselves. Patient ratio is more for the RN than the LPN. People are always calling out and as the RN you have to pick up the slack. RNs only do the assessments not the LPNs. Sometimes they assign the RN 8-15 patients to assess. As a new graduate nurse that is a lot of responsibility to handle. The job is not stress free. If you are ok sitting in a room with kids for 12 hours with noises and sounds you will be fine. It is an overstimulating job for sure. The only good thing about the job is your schedule.  

The charting system is outdated. It’s all paper charting and you have to either mail it in or physically drop it off at the office which was a problem. It also took 6 months for me to get my pay corrected and for me to be reimbursed the hours I wasn’t paid for. They blamed the payment delay on me the entire time when it was them. They were also very rude when I’d call to speak to them about it. Will never recommend this company to anyone. They also were unclear when I started who was my manager and they sent me to the home with little to no training. They expected the parent to train me and the parent expected me to just jump in and know what to do with the children. It was sink or swim learning. It was terrible!

Most days you are understaffed, but will always say back up is coming, if they do come they are ancillary and don't know what to do. Stay away from family owned company, they have their set people that can't do no wrong. If you upset one of the chosen workers then they huddle together to get rid of the one they don't like. Pay sucks they do not give raises nor bonuses. They will send you a holiday card though. They (the owners her kids who are in management) are all about making they pockets fatter while everyone else does all the work. Biggest mistake in my whole life, passed up several better opportunities hoping this mistake of a job would get better. RUN, RUN and don't look back.

•	Receive Nursing forms weekly and verify schedule to pay nurses. Adjust paying/billing codes per schedule case given to nurses.
•	Verified vacation requests to payout correct amount.
•	Responsible for weekly spreadsheets and reports
•	Handled phone screening for nurses looking for employment, scheduled interviews and handled all paperwork for application process.
•	Did the filing, name badges, handled money, updated spreadsheets for license verifications, CEU's, and all forms required to stay employed. 
•	Coordinated classes for CPR, Ventilations, and introduction to ChildrenFirst Home Healthcare

The pay seems fair for the market, but job expectations are unreasonably high. The staffing is terrible and there will be often times that you are left with no relieving nurse at the end of a 12 hour shift. They will threaten to report you to the board and have your license revoked if you leave. This will have you stuck working 24 hour shifts (or longer). I have seen nurses work shifts up to 36 hours long! The communication between nursing and staffing is extremely unprofessional and disrespectful. The benefits and PTO are absolutely terrible.

Wish it was possible to give them NEGATIVE  stars! This company is an absolute joke. They like to say they put the children first but in reality they put their wallet first. If hired you are expected to live and breathe Children First. Monday through Friday is definitely not true. Try 24/7. This place runs on favoritism and in professionalism. Owner throws tantrums like a child. So if you are ready to give up your life and sign your soul over have fun! There is a reason why they are offering a 1 year bonus! No one can realistically make it that long with their company!!!!!!

Good place to get some pediatric experience if you're a new CNA, LPN or RN. Not a place to hang your hat for the long haul. Get hired, gain the experience, and move on to a place that will appreciate and compensate you.  Lots of nursing shortages, so longer shifts, no communication, company doesn't appear to be proactive. They don't invest time or education in their nurses to build on their skillset. 

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