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The stand alone community in Vernon Hills, now named the Laurel at Vernon Hills, is an extraordinary facility for our population strickened with dementia/Alzeheimer’s. The management team, which I was a part of, strives to always put the residents and their families first. Providing transparency, emotional support, and an endless amount of heart that is above and beyond other communities that I have seen. The team also attempted to make sure that the staff, who all have daily interactions with the residents, felt supported in their work environment AND their personal lives. Complete open door policy. The problems started occuring in July of ‘23. The community was purchased by ONELIFE, which is based out of Oregon. They came in with unreal demands and expectations and pockets full of empty promises. Within the first month, they changed major critical nursing procedures without taking a moment to see how the current flow was working.  They had someone with no healthcare experience leading these changes.   This caused extreme chaos which the community is still dealing with a year later.  Then with promises to the families that nothing would change, the rent increased way beyond anything close to just a cost of living increase.  Corporate does not care about the residents, their families, or the staff. They only care about the dollar.
It’s a double edged sword.  The amount of care and love your family member would receive at the community level is unbeatable.  You just have to be prepared for financial instability and unanswered emails from the corporate level.

As a former employee of this long term care facility, I feel compelled to share my negative experience working here. The management is poor and out of touch with their employees, which creates a negative work environment. They play favorites and show a blatant disregard for the concerns and needs of their staff.

Most of the coworkers you will have are kind and helpful but Morale within the company is extremely low due to the cliquish and gossipy work culture. The management is not interested in helping people grow, especially new employees who come in eager to learn. 

The most concerning aspect of my time working here is the neglect of the residents who need extra care. Management does not seem to care about their well-being, and this is reflected in the lack of resources and training given to staff. The residents deserve better, and it's disheartening to see how little effort is put into ensuring their quality of life.

In summary, I would not recommend working for this company. The management is poor, the work culture is toxic, and the neglect of the residents is unacceptable.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The community culture was wonderful, and the management from the ONELIFE Operations team was something you don't see in our industry. Hands-on support and really cares to find solutions to support staff, residents, and families. It was a great company to be a part of for a season. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The demand to always be available to care for a resident, even when you're helping another resident at the moment. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Overall, a wonderful team to work with, and the culture in the community was great!

I’ve had a great experience working for ONELIFE Senior Living. Senior living is a challenging industry, and no community or company is ever going to be perfect, but what stands out to me is that ONELIFE’s heart is truly in the right place. 

The company genuinely cares about both residents and team members, and there is a strong focus on creating positive, engaging communities. Leadership is approachable, supportive, and always looking for ways to improve. Having worked for other senior living companies, I can honestly say ONELIFE stands above the rest in both culture and commitment to doing the right thing for residents and staff.

Toxic environment because people are not communicating well when others need to get help. Not working together as a team. Everyone is out for themselves. No teamwork. Very selfish workers that been there for a while who keep getting their way and do not think about the residents feelings or other co workers feelings. People on their phones and disappearing and returning whenever they want. Management stays in their office and doesn’t know what’s going on. 

Worked here for a few months before winning my Disability case. They were very kind and worked with me. The other caregivers on my team were amazing people and I am so glad to have worked with them. Was sad to go but life had plans for me that differed. Glad that the manager/owners both said I was welcome back as either a caregiver if they had a position or volunteer. Hopefully I'll be able to work for them again one day or at least be cleared to do Volunteer work!

This company is all about money and profit. They pay workers poorly and residents get charged a fortune but there is never enough staff. To give good care.
You will NoT get proper training and they play favorites and fire people constantly
This company also ignores hostile working environment that the current ED has created and do not take care of getting rid of other members of management that are disrespectful towards the caregivers and Med techs

A typical work day consist of dysfunction. The nurses are well compensated but you will see why.  The Laurel at Vernon Hills is extremely disorganized and the 2nd shift is the worst. The bad part is the Executive Director is aware of it. The nurses in my opinion keep their head down and just focus on their medication pass which is totally understandable when there is no accountability. I would rather take less money and work with a different group of people. So be careful about the more money aspect.

everyone is out to get you ,managment is clueless about what goes on in a day, staff is rude the rocs with talk behind your back twist up your words dayshift med techs are rude makes it not a good environment to work. they need to clean the house and get all the good people back and take the bad ones out.

Fun and always busy no reason to be sitting around. GREAT business to work for.  I loved working their. Everyday was so different then the last. Good job caeegivers

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Caregiver 16 salaries reported	$19.39 per hour
Medical technician 29 salaries reported	$20.09 per hour
Cook 17 salaries reported	$19.65 per hour
Partner 18 salaries reported	$18.35 per hour
Licensed practical nurse 3 salaries reported	$33.83 per hour

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