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Presbyterian Manors of Mid America

After working for Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America in Topeka, KS, I would not recommend employment with this company.

This company is more concerned with staying in 'budget' than the direct care that their residents receive.  When there are staffing cuts, it's always to the staff that directly cares for the residents.

There is an excess of management at this facility.  The management staff are not friendly, and rarely come out of their offices, unless State inspectors are in the building, or there is an employee that needs reprimanded.

They cannot keep employees, because the pay is not competitive with most other long term care homes in Topeka, and the health benefits are too expensive to afford for a family on the low wages being paid.  From what I was told by some of the veteran employees, the few perks that used to be offered, ie...  free lunches, company Christmas party, paid inservice day yearly, have all been stripped as a benefit, leaving little to nothing offered as a positive.  

The management certainly will not appreciate you in any way, as they can't even be bothered to offer you a kind word when you're doing a good job!

There just isn't any reward for working here, other than the residents that appreciate and love you.

A typical day at work was having food thrown at me and abused by the residents and the cook complaining that she didn't like how I did thing to get the job done right and cleaner. While I was there I did learn how to properly take care of the elderly. Management was okay. I didn't like how my boss took her anger out on me when state told her that she needs two people to work my job and not just me. I told her I would pick up the second sift so she didn't have to rush to find a second person that way she could take her time to find the right person. I worked with two cooks and two kitchen aid. One of the cooks didn't like how I did things to make the work place cleaner but the other cook I loved working with her and she loved working with me. Both kitchen aids didn't like that I knew how to do both my job and theirs. I wanted to know how to work both jobs so I would be able to help my co-workers when ever they need a helping hand. Other then getting food thrown at me and getting abused by the residents I loved how when you got time to sit and talk to the residents and by just seeing them smile on their faces was priceless. I also liked how some of the residents took me in as if I was one of their own grandchildren.

Work-life balance
It’s nice to work with the residents and some of the nursing staff. But when it came down to it being treated horribly by kitchen staff including management was not good made for very toxic environment. Was made to work 6 days a week because of being short staffed and wasn’t allowed a day off during the week to do dr appointments or anything to do with outside if work activities! I would not ever recommend this place to anyone and it is not somewhere people should work! They need to treat their employees with respect especially if they want respect back!

Job security and advancement
I seen them only move one person up, but then the moved her back down not cool!

Management
The management in the kitchen was the worst they would yell and cuss and treat you like your stupid not professional

Overall
It was a good place to work cause you worked with the residents and had some great coworkers but I wouldn’t recommend it if you are going for kitchen staff. We had so much turnover it wasn’t even funny. Being treated like your stupid is not okay and neither is being yelled at or cussed at! If you call in be sure to know that they are talking bad about you behind your back because you didn’t show up to work!

I worked here as a server for two years during high school most of the servers were also from high school so we were all in the same age group. The only thing about this is managers which would be the cooks are sometimes too harsh on servers.  Besides management being harsh to us it was a great place to work because I was part time and I aren’t paid time off which many places don’t have that unless you’re full time so they had really good benefits especially if you were full-time I know they give you like 401K Medicare dental care stuff like that. The main reason why I left was because I moved if not I would still be there because they also have a good  advancement and tuition reimbursement.  As a server or a custodian or CNA   After working for them for a year and you can apply for them to pay for your schooling so that you can become an RN or  follow a career in management something that they will get their money back but you just have to stay working with them which is still pretty good.

Management only worries about themselves and how to get more bonuses, publicity, and residents to live there. Residents are great and also most of the workers, there is a group of untouched workers that somehow can get and do whatever they want and are the reason why we are so short staffed but it doesn’t matter how many people quit because of them they will just stay there Longterm care is pretty sketchy when I go down there most of the time I here some pretty crazy things and the way they talk to some residents is just unacceptable administration has been told but they just turn around and ignore. All they care about is the money anyway. Another thing is they are really bad at placing residents in the correct place therir marketing employee is trash and doesn’t know what shes doing and by placing these residents in the wrong places the ones that are more affected are the residents their quality of life is not as good as it would be if only they would do their job right. Don’t work here if you can help it and don’tput your loved one here its for the best its going downhill and is not getting better I promise it used to not be this way.

It is supposed to be assisted living however it is not there are a lot of people who should not be there but to them it's all about the money not really the employee or person. We get short staffed and are not able to give the care needed properly due to suppose to being assisted living. If you get hurt on the job you get wrote up and whatever else they decide to throw your way. The residents are pretty nice for the most part some are not. The staff on the floor and some of the nurses are great to work with. It is fast paced and some residents get mad and think you should get to them first. All in all it's not bad.

Sterling Presbyterian manor is not a good place of employment. The other Presbyterian Manors are fine, this one in particular I DO NOT reccomend. VERY poor management. The Director of nursing does not help out on the floor and causes unnecessary drama in the work place, as do 90% of the rest of the nursing staff. If you ask for help management will say they are too busy. It is like working in a high school type environment. Everyone has to know your business and if a person doesn't get along with you they try and get you fired. The census is low and they have cut everyone's hours. They can't even afford to hire more people. Those that do work work every day and every weekend. Their are no breaks or time off or people to replace you in case of a call in.  Residents most of the time are treated with respect, but I have seen a handful of times where residents have been neglected (not changed or toiled when necessary, or not bathed) because some of the girls did not want to. I would not go back to this place.

I won't say what department but working there was good the first year then notice a lot of turnover over the years from people that had been there 30+ yrs. Then talk of alignment made you feel like if you stepped in the wrong direction you would be fired. People just get walked out with no previous disciplinary warnings.  Corporate higher-ups run this business as a for-profit and not like it's about the residents.  If you do something one of the VP's doesn't like, kiss your job goodbye.  Big disconnect from management and the people that slave to keep the place working. Words of advice, listen to your employee's because not everyone is out to do something wrong or if someone makes a mistake it's because they're human.   The company had some really great people working there but be careful not to step on VP's toes.  If you don't mind doing all the work then feel free to apply. Was interesting PMMA.

Executive director has checked out a long time ago and doesn't care about employees or the work place. You can take major issues like abuse and he will take it to the supervisor to confront the staff member that does the abuse (verbal). Some management refuse to see the issues this includes corporate. They worry about who is saying what rather than what an issue is. It seems more like a high school full of drama rather than a caring retirement home. Most people stay because of their friendship or love for the residents not because they like working there. They don't stay for the benefits because there are non. They don't give raises or show appreciation to the employees. There might as well not be a human resource department because they don't like people. It's great when the human resource assistant cusses at you.

The most enjoyable part of the job is seeing the resident smile and say thank you for caring. I start the day by collecting vitals and laundry and giving showers/whirpool baths. We assist the residents as needed to getting mail, getting a item from their closet they can not reach, gathering items for them as needed and assisting in the dining room. We assisted the residents getting ready for bed. As various task that come up thru out the day/evening. The management is great, they really care for their residents and employee's. The hardest part is seeing a resident upset or just sad/depressed. I try to do what I can within my limits to help them and make them happy. I treat them with the respect I will want to be treated when I get there one day and hope the person treats me in the same manner.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Nursing assistant 12 salaries reported	$17.95 per hour
Assistant 1 salary reported	$14.63 per hour
Registered nurse 1 salary reported	$38.60 per hour
Maintenance technician 35 salaries reported	$15.25 per hour
Dietary aide 15 salaries reported	$15.00 per hour

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