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After being employed at LIFE for about a year I will say, the participants are lovely people!  They were the most enjoyable part of my job there.  I love the program itself, but the Butler LIFE location definitely has a lot of room for improvement. As far as working with other staff, like most other work places, you have some good, some bad and everyone else in between.  There's A LOT of drama and gossip amongst staff that goes on behind closed doors!  Honestly, the worst part of my job was working under my department manager and one of my co-workers.  They were work bullies, and unfortunately I had zero support from Human Resources.  It's interesting that Lutheran Senior Life states on their job website, "We treat all individuals with dignity, respect, compassion and professionalism to foster a faith-based, person-centered culture and environment." OR, "We focus on innovation by embracing change and being forward-thinking."  But, when it came down to it, that's not how I was treated at all.  It was quite the opposite.  I can honestly say in all of the years working in my field and working at other facilities, this was by far THE WORST experience of my life!  To sum up my time working at the Butler LIFE location, I've learned that the good ones always leave and the bad ones stay behind.     

A typical day varied, some were manageable while others became overwhelming, but each was marked by heavy micromanagement from upper leadership. Professional growth opportunities were limited, and communication was often unclear or contradictory, with directions frequently changing. I did not feel respected by management, which operated more as a clique than as supportive leaders, creating a toxic workplace culture despite many coworkers being collaborative and supportive. The hardest part of the job was the lack of guidance and consistent direction, which made it challenging to feel secure in my role. The most rewarding aspect, however, was working directly with participants and supporting the mission, which remained meaningful and fulfilling even amid the mismanagement.

This company as a whole is completely and utterly disorganized, understaffed, underpaid, over worked and has unrealistic expectations of its staff. If you love total caos and drama. Then this is the place for you! Faults from under staffed co-workers quickly turns to pointing the finger and blaming, rather than working together as a "team" should!  The turn over for SW and nursing is 1-1 &1/2 years. This will not be told to you upon hire. In these two positions you will be expected to sit in meetings for 1-4 hours daily, see clientele in the center and out of the center, phone triage, schedule, and double chart, amongst doing several other duties that do not fall in your job discription! An 8hr work day will very easily turn Into a 12 hour day!! Taking your work with you turns into an overbearing, all consuming job! There are pros to this job but the cons far out weight the pros!

If you want to work for a company that values you and your work, go somewhere else.  Treatment of hourly staff from dietary to nursing is horrendous.  Administrator has not a care in the world about the staff.  Good luck with contacting corporate compliance, you will get no where.  Trying to become a larger and larger company at any costs.  Staff turnover and shortages is astronomical.   New rules on a weekly basis, literally.  Fingers always pointed at someone else, the NON salary staff.  Could be a nice place with caring Administration.  People walking on pins and needles waiting to see if they will be fired next for calling off 3 days with the FLU!  If you call off 2 times in 6 months you are automatically fired.  If you are on your way to work and are first on the scene of an accident, stay until EMS arrive and punch in 6 minutes late, you are written up!!  Stressful environment.  Try to do your best for your patients and help your coworkers, but never enough.  4 nursing staff resigned in 17 days.

Management is literally driving the hard workers away and ignoring the lazy ones.  Concerns brought to their attention are dismissed.  Concerns to HR go no where.  Letters to the president of the board about the help needed and poor management went unanswered.  Calls to the state made numerous times by staff and families and turned a blind eye.  Most staff trying their best for all of the residents but can only do so much.  Management huddled in offices and have no idea the chaos on the units.  Staff treated so badly and they want more done.  Deny cost of living wages to staff there for years but give raises to staff their one year to make same as long term workers.  Refuse to pay their own staff decent wage but seem happy to pay agency to come in instead. Management looks at you as replaceable but have yet to replace the 14+ nurses/aids that have left since August.  Pray for the residents daily. 

They are always offering a sign on bonuses because they can't retain employees. The reason they can't retain employees is partly because they will post a flier up about earning extra gift cards for picking up shifts and once people sign up for them the flier is taken down and never honored. FYI you won't receive gift cards for picking up extra shifts. Most of the time you will work extremely short staffed and be expected to stay over until an unknown end time. That's your problem if you have kids or pets or other responsibilities to get to.  They don't give you breaks or lunches, but they will deduct them from your paycheck as if you took them. They don't even notify you when someone you work with tests positive for covid.

This company leaves a lot to be desired. 

This place is so dysfunctional!!!! All I wanted to do was move up within the company...I had a witch for a boss and when I gave my resignation she was suppose to sit with me and watch what I did bc she wanted to know for my replacement. Put me off and put me off to the point she never sat with me and had the nerve to call me once I was done working for the company demanding me to call her. Yeah that did not happen, talk about feeling valued before you go!!! I was also told I was "capped" out meaning I will never ever make any more money in my position. Awful thing to tell an employee, very unorganized and unethical. But overall the PACE program does amazing things for the elderly, thats about the only positive thing I can say.

My typical day at work is preparing the dining room to serve meals to the Residents. Having patience and no day is ever the same. At my currrent job you have to know what you are doing and be quick on your feet and constantly moving. Management staff is quite large, but I get along with all of them as well as my co-workers. We are all working together as a team to meet the residents needs. The hardest part of my job is seeing some of those Residents with Dementia or Alzheimer's disease and helping guide them through their day. The most enjoyable thing about my job is making a differnce in the Residents lives just by simply; for example, bringing them their favorite meal or dessert!

Contrary to what director says aides are treated horribly. Staffing shortages occur daily on all shifts. The administrator claims to respect all the staff but had no problem turning around in the middle of a meeting to tell you that she knows what she is discussing(business side of a nursing home)is quote"above your heads".  She has also been known to say aides are replaceable. Unfortunately for her she can't seem to either recruit or retain aides. Aides that have worked there for over15years are quitting.                    This is only a good place to work if you don't mind working for someone who's full of apparent insecurities and self doubt leading her to suffer from delusions of grandeur.

The mission of this company is amazing for the elderly. But being an employee here is very hard. Management is never there when you need them. When you address them with problems or issues they are ignored and never get resolved. Very unorganized, lack of common sense and do not value good workers. They overwork their employees causing them to quit. A lot of favoritism. Constant drama! This is the only place I have ever worked for that does not show any care when family or personal emergencies occur.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Nursing assistant 4 salaries reported	$24.86 per hour
Licensed practical nurse 8 salaries reported	$31.31 per hour
Caregiver 1 salary reported	$24.00 per hour
Registered nurse 4 salaries reported	$43.00 per hour
Physical therapist 4 salaries reported	$83,158 per year

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