cook

dietary aide

housekeeper

server

dishwasher

Forefront Healthcare

Turnover rate is high for multiple reasons. Management is extremely toxic. They like to air out other people's wrongdoings (sharing their names and specific mistakes they've made) to all the employees at daily huddle meetings, seeming like a highly unethical punishment tactic to embarass people.

They act the worst during state window. They have told all of us multiple times that they'll replace us with temps if they have to, yet can't seem to keep talented employees for long. All the employees are required to stay after work to do cleaning tasks. That would be fine if the managers were expected to do the same, but they are not. When they have free time, they're sitting in the office talking with the door closed. 

You're expected to do multiple jobs for the pay of one and they don't give you compensation, bonuses. You have to ask for a raise to get one and that's the most awkward thing to do. Your managers should reward your hard work and longevity without you having to beg for it. 

They expect their cooks to work themselves into insanity with hardly any time off, and when they've finally reached a breaking point, they don't take care of them. They tell the cooks that they're not working hard enough and to suck it up. 

There's not a proper training program. You get thrown in doing things you're not prepared for and then later on, you get in trouble for not meeting certain standards that were never established in the first place.

I'd say the only good things about this job is decent pay, the friends you make, and free lunch. That only goes so far when you're treated badly from the people who are supposed to take care of you for keeping this place afloat. 

I have been working for Forefront for the past 5 months and my experience has been truly remarkable. Coming into my role as Contracts & Office Manager I was very hesitant due to the fact that I did not come from any knowledge or background of this industry. During this time, I have gained not just knowledge within my role but have been shown so much support for any ideas I have suggested with the help from the team, including the CEO & the Partners to execute them. The attention to the employees from the CEO to the Managers in & outside the workplace has really shown me that they really do care about their team members. I have had a great experience in working here & communicating with any department with questions or guidance that I may need. I have grown to consider the people I work with as friends & people that I can trust, which I think is important in any workplace. We work extremely hard to meet company goals, but we also have a lot of fun. I would highly recommend this company to anyone who is willing to put in work to be a part of an incredible team. 

Hard to believe any job title is worth the pay. The biggest thing, in my experience while working for the company, is the tremendous lack of respect from management and their extremely poor communication with staff. The lack of direction and mixed guidance adds unnecessary stress to the job. Staff is taken for granted, verbally degraded and undervalued. Management is unwilling to work with staff schedules, you either come in when they tell you or your fired, doesn't matter if their schedule conflicts with a second job or its a day is outside of your availability. Seen and heard situations with others that would take you back to the 1952 before workers rights, you might as well consider yourself the help. Horrible place to work, will never go back even if they offered me twice the pay. I honestly thought about reporting everything... I feel bad for everyone who works there and is emotionally and mentally affected by managements power trips. Wish the staff would stand up to it and all walk out at the same time. 

The job is easy. No deception, no lies. It is what they tell you it is. It’s a perfect job for in experienced or lazy servers. The pay is guaranteed. No tips. If you’re experienced in this trade this job isn’t for you. I am very experienced 30+ years and made more money in four hours than I did working there 10-12 hours. Quite a substantial amount more. In four hours of a regular server job I made more money than putting in 2-3 days of work there. I knew what I was giving up going in though. I was well aware of all of this. They didn’t try to hide anything. The job is as exactly as they describe when you’re hired. It was for me anyway. I’m not sure who does what there now. So you’re taking your chances either way. They can’t keep staff there. I will say that:  You will automatically be expected to pick up shifts without being asked. Be prepared to work 10-12 days in a row, due to problems they create all on their own. Be expected to sign your life over to them on top of it. All in all it’s not a bad place to work. The clients you take care of are amazing and kind. They make the job worth it. They did for me anyway.

I worked in environmental services and they treat their employees horribly. Constant threats of write up’s. They tell us that everyone needs to help where needed but the same managers that said that are in their office painting their nails instead of out helping. Always short staffed because they can’t keep employees since they all quit because of the terrible treatment by management. And don’t bother going to a higher up because if you do you will be wrote up. We don’t have the supplies we need to do our jobs such as constantly out of mops and cleaning cloths and some cleaning supplies. Management took the key’s away for the cleaner refills that are in the housekeeping closets that are on all the floors, so if we ran out we couldn’t fill the buckets with cleaner to mop or for the cleaning cloths. Overall a horrible experience and toxic work environment. I’m no longer working there thankfully and my stress level is gone.

Work in custodial and it provids a decent income on hire. There was a waiting period for about 3 weeks between interview and getting hired. No direct supervisor was present upon hire either. Role was filled a couple months down the road. No benefits upon hire, but after 3 months I was provided 2 days PTO. Was given 2 week notice by company to either apply for new work elsewhere or switch to new shift due to my hired shifted no longer being available. New shift hours provides vacation, sick time and holiday pay, but no raise in comparison to other school districts. Relatively easy to get into contact with supervisor once one was hired. Technically was not provided any training but was hired with previous job experience.
Was typically given a day notice of which school you would have to travel to in district. Had consistent hours, 35-40 per week.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Was hired to be the executive chef, but was hardly allowed to do that position. According to the job descriptions, the dietary manager is supposed to place the food orders and executive chef is to work on the menu. They didn't follow that and I was working a hourly employee's position 4 out of the 5 days I worked and the director refused to hired another cook to free me up to fix what was going wrong in the kitchen.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not being allowed to do my job.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful and unprofessional conduct from the director and dietary manager. This is only about the local staff. Not the corporate.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Varied from day to day. Concerns brought to me from employees daily

What is the best part of working at the company?
The communication from leadership is phenomenal.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of staffing is the most stressful part but every industry is struggling with this. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is fun yet productive with a focus on safety and quality. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Typical day is always busy yet rewarding with Forefront…… we pride ourselves on providing an excellent dining experience for our clients and it’s our pleasure to do so.

A typical day at work is fast paced. We have a larger management team than most, some of them are great at there job! Some of them have things to learn. I like using my skills as a restaurant employee in a place that is actually doing some good for the residents around me. The hardest part of the job is being understaffed, and dealing with management's communication issues. The best part is building a relationship with the residents. 

Over all, if management were able to communicate more effectively with each other as well as staff, I'd be giving 5 stars.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Bonuses when they had events going on. You always had the opportunity to make more when you needed it .

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They would not listen to there employees. Take the customers word over everything.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not good at all. They will throw you under the bus every chance they get to make themselves come out on top .

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy, working positions filling in all areas

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Cook 195 salaries reported	$18.38 per hour
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Housekeeper 93 salaries reported	$14.09 per hour
Server 92 salaries reported	$16.02 per hour
Dishwasher 77 salaries reported	$14.53 per hour

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