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Your day was always different nothing typical. As a front office manager your day included updates on families that were staying in the RM House for local treatment of a child. Whether it was day surgery or long term stays or care flights to our local hospitals.
 Making assessments on our current availability and future stays.
I learned that no matter what our day to day worries are their are people out there that are dealing with the suffering of a child and my issues are just not that important and the job that I an doing will allow me to help so many. I learned a lot from my co-workers they worked together at all time to insure these families didn't have t worry about a place to lay their heads when they were to tired to go on. The hardest part of my job was helping a family that had loss a child prepare to go home without them. Gathering there belongings and seeing them off. The most enjoyable part of the job was seeing how happy and relaxed the families were in the house after planned  activities with incoming scheduled groups. No matter what their condition the kids they just wanted to be normal and have fun. Seeing those parents smiles helped make the job a place to call home away from home.

You will be overworked and underpaid. You are not allowed to leave for a break, but management took away the perk of being able to eat with the families. Nepotism is a major issue here. Board members like to hire friends who are out of touch with the community it's meant to serve. But it's not surprising because they only care about photoshoots and will never come around to check in on the house unless there is publicity involved. The turnover rate is so high at this place! The Management and the board does not respect the employees who actually run the house. You will be fired after they are done with you and it doesn't matter your position. Two different Directors, in a span of less than 3 years, were fired without notice in a very sneaky, backhanded process. There is also a complete lack of communication between management and staff. It's a very autocratic work environment. If you think you're going to come into this organization and make a difference, you're looking into the wrong place. Maybe the other houses around the country are better, but the one here in South East Louisiana is a manipulative and disrespectful environment.

Love working at RMH. I feel valued by my co-workers and management. There are a lot of young women who work in my region which brings a great, up beat energy not found at other organizations I have worked for. A typical day involves housekeeping (laundry, loading/unloading dishwasher, etc), greeting and touring new families, greeting hosting volunteers and meal servers, data entry, etc. My manager and assistant manager are approachable and friendly. I have met the VP and CEO, and members of the board of directors and it is nice to see upper management involved at the one on one level of the organization too. I generally work alone so prioritizing and multi-tasking are essential. The hardest part of the job is being the only staff member on duty on a "high needs" day. and the hours are either early starts (8am) or late ends (10pm). The most enjoyable part of my job is interacting with families, and volunteers.

While working at Ronald McDonald house I loved everything about it. All of the team members and guests were nothing but nice while working there. Answering phone calls, and being able to see families leave to go home with their now healthy  children was the main thing I loved about my job. Among being with the team members my co-workers were people I looked forward to seeing when I'd walk in. There were plenty of days I went in stressed and I was able to enjoy my job. Even on days when families lost one of their loved ones while staying there,  as members we helped them through their tough time and made sure they were able to get anything and everything they needed. Ronald McDonald house made me grow up and see things I never thought I would, which is why I recommend anyone who's ever looking to help one another to go volunteer there, they're never going to turn someone away if they're willing to help.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Assisting guest at the charity House.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You can't express your concerns or opinions. They'll give you warnings. Its a place where you do your work and go home. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
They seems friendly but it is an extremely toxic environment.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The manager gives you your tasks and rooms to clean. You start cleaning windows, vacuuming, mopping hallways,  you arrange and stock  your cart and start cleaning rooms at 9:30 am. Then you have two10 min breaks and a 30 min lunch. You continue cleaning rooms and once you are done you continue ckeaning all bathrooms in the building. Meatting rooms, pantry, kitchen and at the end take the trash out and leave your art stocked fir the next shift.

One need only visit the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House, (the house that love built) to see that it does radiate that love. Families spend brief to long periods of time in clean and attractive sleeping areas while their children receive medical care at the local children's hospital. While at the PRMH, families also receive support from staff as well as excellent home-cooked meals mostly provided by civic, religious and educational groups who bring the food and use the in house kitchen to cook a nurturing meal. Families eat together which gives them a place to share support from other families staying at the house. Its truly inspiring to see the healing support that is shared and given.

Does so much for so many families in need.  Was quite impressive and proud to be a part of a wonderful team of staff as well as the numerous volunteers 

It was a good experience to learn house the House operates, the needs of the building, and incoming bills to maintain the House, updating and or necessary repairs required, Along the way you get to understand what families may be going thru during their stay while trying to make them feel as comfortable as possible while they may be away from their homes, cities and or state 

I found my job to be very rewarding but challenging at times. Parents and families in crisis have different needs and respond differently to patient/family events. Management was very supportive. My job entailed working at night and at times there were emergency situations I had to respond to. I enjoyed meeting families and siblings of patients. At times, there were grief situations and it was important for me to recognize the pastoral needs of families as well as volunteers that had been working with a family. I created a database for a yearly remembrance card to be sent to the family.

Volunteering at the Ronald McDonald house always was a fun and upbeat experience. They are a nonprofit organization in which people with family members in the hospital can stay at for no charge.
A typical day would start out cooking breakfast for the guests such as eggs, pancakes, and bacon. After making breakfast my duties were to serve it an clean the kitchen for the next shirt.
The staff at the Ronald McDonald house are all very kind and encouraging.
The most enjoyable part of the job was seeing the smiles on people’s faces while eating breakfast. 
The hardest part of the job was making sure the whole team was done cooking by a certain time.

• A typical day at work consisted of reading to the children and families whom resided in the Ronald McDonald House.
• I learned that life is a special thing to cherish your family and friends because anything can happen, watching those families from different cities coming to live in the house to support and be by their child/children’s side.
• Management was very fun she welcomed us with open arms and explained this very well.
• My co-workers were a range of different ages a few my age we enjoyed what we did and each other as well.
• The hardest part of my job was seeing the sick children and not being able to really help them nor their families.
• The part I enjoyed about my job was getting to see the children smile when I read them a book or played games with them.

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