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Mary’s Woods is a truly special place to work. From the moment I started, I felt like part of a close-knit, mission-driven community. The team here is incredibly supportive, leadership is approachable, and there’s a real focus on doing work that matters.

One of the standout perks is the food — it’s genuinely delicious. Employees have access to high-quality, chef-prepared meals completely free, and the variety and freshness are hard to beat. It’s a small detail, but it makes every day more enjoyable.

The benefits at Mary’s Woods are also excellent. Health coverage is strong, there are generous retirement contributions, and the wellness support goes above and beyond. One of my personal favorites is the on-site gym — it’s clean, well-equipped, and completely free to staff. It’s a great way to stay active without needing a separate gym membership.

Work-life balance is respected, and the organization understands that people have lives outside of work. Managers are flexible and compassionate, and scheduling is handled fairly across departments. There are also great opportunities to grow, whether through internal advancement or professional development resources.

The campus itself is beautiful and well-maintained, which adds to the sense of pride in working here. But more importantly, it’s the people who make this place so rewarding. There’s a strong culture of teamwork, respect, and genuine care — not just for the residents, but for one another.

If you’re looking for meaningful work in a positive, well-supported environment, with great food, strong benefits, and gym access included — Mary’s Woods is a fantastic choice.

Mary's Woods is on Oregon's 100 best places to work. Because of the vision of the original Sister's in the NW Mary's Woods is now the second largest employer in Lake Oswego. I have learned many valuable lessons in helping the elderly, fighting for a dream, hard work ethic, and being honorable and ethical in all practices. Everyday is different as a caregiver and it can be overlooked as a valuable position. While making the elderly feel like they still have their independence we make sure safety is number one priority and take care of all their daily needs and activities. From brushing their teeth, toileting, feeding all meals, transportation, as well as assist with med visits and watching for changes in overall health. We really are an important extension to their immediate family and it can be an emotionally taxing job. The hardest part is being by someone's side while they take their last breaths. I have been honored to be able to care for two people who slipped away from this life and serve and comfort their family. The most enjoyable is giving someone a reason to smile while they face sickness and sometimes have no other reason to choose joy. We have the joy to work beside many different people from the Nurse, CNA, Transportation department, fitness staff, occupational therapists, nutritionist and housekeepers. It requires being able to communicate and work with a variety of different people with effectiveness. It has been a great training ground for many opportunities in my future.

When I was hired at Mary’s Woods (2016) I was so excited, to start a new career at a company that boasted about the quality of care they provided. They stated that being privately owned their residents pay a premium price for premium care.  They boasted about always having more staff per resident ratio then any other facility in the industry, and only hiring Certified caregivers, to ensure they had adequate training. In the beginnings this was true, but changed shortly after.  When the CEO retired and was replaced, the changes and reorganizing started to take place.  I was with this company for three years, and they made major changes multiple times, starting with reducing the number of nurses they had working each shift, all the way down to hiring caregivers with absolutely no experience and no certification.  It did not take long to see that the quality of care that their residents were now receiving was anything but premium.  Employees were starting to burnout, as they were overwhelmed and overworked all the time.  While I was there the turnover was astronomical.  I found that management was not supportive to their staff, instead they were demeaning when staff was struggling to keep up with all of their changes they had made.  I would never recommend working in the environment this company has created.

As a dietary aide, expect to be overworked, under appreciated, discouraged, and disrespected. Management is awful, they are ALWAYS prying on our personal lives, and commenting negatively on our appearance. There are lots of false promises made to myself and other coworkers that never hold true. The amount of hours they expect us to work is abysmal, especially to the workers that are in college. Back to the managers, they are nothing but arrogant and disrespectful. They never appreciate any of us for our work that is done and are always wanting more. The 12 hour shifts that we are forced upon are unrealistic and overall annoying. Those shifts make me and other workers miserable. Management never does anything to help us, all they do is sit in their office hiding from doing work when we need it the most. There is 0 work-life balance when working here so I would recommend working elsewhere, where you’ll actually be appreciated for what you do. 

What I love about working here is the companionship they have to all the clients and employees. If I ever have an issue I can talked to management freely and not be judge or feel uncomfortable. The most enjoyable part of my job is being about to do fun things with the clients (ie take them to the mall, or to run errands around town). The hardest part is that you hardly get to meet the other co workers so you cant build relationships with them as you work by your self and see them in passing or in report. I work here part time. The hours and great and the staff is willing to work around your schedule.

I strongly recommend looking elsewhere for employment. I worked as a CNA there for almost 3 years. Things were great when I started but quickly went downhill after a new group of managers came in. Caregivers and other staff are now treated like cockroaches. They don’t offer any way to grow or move up and the pay is atrocious. In my 3 years there I was able to get a raise of just a few cents. Your commitment and loyalty isn’t valued or rewarded. The schedule is completely non flexible and they will tell you “best of luck then” if your schedule doesn’t work for you for whatever reason.
JUST STAY AWAY!!

Typical day of work starts with coming into your shift to meet a louzy manager that does not care about anything except themselves and money.  You are told that due to not having enough workers (at said moment) YOU will be picking up MORE work without appreciation or compensation all while being paid less than the average server. Then your shift starts and things get out of hand due to poor management and care, you are then repremanded for your mistakes.  The management are sneaky filthy scum. These guys will put more work and other people's job tasks because who cares!

This CNA position was my first healthcare position as I was going to school for my BSN. I was in the memory care unit which was a wonderful experience and has held the bar high for my nursing career. The DON was a very progressive minded leader who loved her position and cared deeply for the culture and mission of Mary's Woods. As I write this review, it has been 12 years ago that I worked here. I am sure that there are differences now, however, if I still lived in OR and I saw a position open for RN leadership at MW, I would apply again.

For a "Nonprofit" they charge the residence tons of $ to be in this "prestigious" place. Company is so cheap they are moving away from CNAs and only going to caregivers. Always short staffed and asked to work double shifts, up to 20 hours, often. Not enough time for quality care for the patients. Management is totally, 100%, disconnected with the  people really doing the work: CNAs, Caregivers, and LPNs. All about the $ and not about taking care of the employees or staff.

The pay is very low here, and the workload is crazy. You have to run to get everything done. 
There is a toxic culture. Know it all staff, who go behind peoples backs and tell on them. So much drama. 
Terrible meal options, overpriced. 
This was the only job I ever had in which I was too exhausted to have a second job. 
The one thing that made me quit was the rude and entitled family members. People getting upset at you because people/staff were too busy on their phones to attend to a resident. You are there punching bag! Have fun. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Caregiver 1 salary reported	$19.00 per hour
Floor care technician 27 salaries reported	$20.00 per hour
Nurse 9 salaries reported	$39.00 per hour
Dishwasher 4 salaries reported	$19.78 per hour
Nursing assistant 1 salary reported	$19.00 per hour

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