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Colonial Assisted Living

On the surface they are trying to be compassionate and loving, but once you are sucked into the work flow, its a very exhausting slog and draining atmosphere. The residents need higher level of care half the time, most of the employees are barely providing the bare minimum of effort, partly because they are overworked and the other reason is their pay is miniscule so they are completely unmotivated. Due to this the work atmosphere is Toxic between co-workers, it is similar to a high school environment, lots of drama. Management expects you to practically Live at this job because they are under-staffed. Nor do they really care about you, they will act like it on the surface but then you come to realize you are means to an end. They care more about their image as a company. Overall its not the worst place I have seen or worked for, but it is a far cry from a good place. Not to mention the whole building in West Palm Beach is a safety Hazard over 100 years old, constantly leaking and flooding, structural integrity is compromised. 

The organization needs to work on it's hiring structure, organizational communication and it's employee moral. The training is COMPLETELY inadequate. There is an obvious lacking in their uniform business structure for the employees as well as management. Each center does their own thing and has no overhead to follow. The organization is going NO WHERE FAST. You walk in not knowing what their mission is. That can be scary for a new employee. I was hired and let go three weeks later due to "my salary not being in the budget". What they failed to mention was the fact that NO ONE had any idea of what my actual position was and NO one knew what my initial title would be. For the full time employees, their no clear cut explanation of our hours, benefits, work space, responsibilities or duties.

If you want a place where you have to pay for your orientation out of your own pocket. Management that communicates to you when they feel like it, mostly when they are displeased with your work and a gatekeeper of a receptionist who wants to know all of your business; just to gossip behind your back than this is the place for you. The person to train you shows you what they feel like showing never what you supposed to do. There is no place to park for employees you have to pay out of your own pocket for the meter each time you work mind you if don't you will get a ticket for almost 7 times the cost of the meter. If you are desperate by all means go ahead if not keep moving

Lots of pluming problems,at property every weekend for building faliers,never ending problems with no budget to get supplies.always try to order extra supplies because you will not know when you may ever get more.management does not really care to much about you and your needs.the nurses don't minimal needed work just to get by,employee theft.i enjoy the people and the different personalities 

What is the best part of working at the company?
This is the worst place to ever work the manager is terrible very rude doesn’t respect his employee.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Doesn’t want to accept any time off always making an excuse they don’t have any other employees so you got to come to work

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
There is no work environment or culture in this company the manager doesn’t care about his employers

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very stressful environment. Feeling overworked every day doesn’t feel appreciated.

Difficult working with mentally challenged residents. They are the ones with all the rights. Their loud dirty word out burst are a common event through out the building. Being an older building there is constant roach and bed bug problem. I’ve brought incidents of residential uncleanliness to management with very little being corrected. Was told this place was Colonial’s Diamond location but it is anything but and old building with mentality challenged residents.

Management is the biggest problem at colonial, they are very under staffed and refuse to pay the employees that stay there what they deserve. Pencil pusher in the head admin office, and in the head nurse office. They let the residents sit in there own urine ect, simply because of under staffing. And if you do decide to quit, you will only receive half of the pto owed to you. Some employees being there 10 plus yrs make the same as a 16 yr old kid just starting there first job.

This is a very thoughtful, experienced, well-grounded company! From the Executive Team to the loving and caring team of hardworking, dedicated staff I am proud to say I work with each and everyone of them!!!

Worst place to work at... extremely unprofessional, no team work, huge overturn,  facility is a safety hazard,  doesn't want to pay their employees,  no career growth, no raises or bonuses,  no passion or appreciation from managers and employees... I could go on and on about this facility on N Congress WPB, FL.

It's a job, the staff's are nice.  I've worked at all the facilitys. The worst part about the job is that even though you live in wpb  you had to drive to Miami for the field trips, and your not invited,  you have to wait, and the worst part is , even though your a bus driver your also a mover,  if theres a new resident moving into one of the facilitys you have to pick the new resident from wherever they live and move all there this, (furniture  ect

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Assisted living director 41 salaries reported	$87,561 per year
Cook 14 salaries reported	$18.54 per hour
Medical technician 3 salaries reported	$17.17 per hour
Dietary manager 4 salaries reported	$66,875 per year
Nursing assistant 15 salaries reported	$16.47 per hour

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