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The Orchards Michigan

They lie to you to get you hired, then don't come through on those promises. Pay is a joke, not only are they the lowest paying CNA job in town, they say you get shift differentials and weekend compensation, then it doesn't add up on your check and they have all these fine lines that make it confusing and complicated so you won't ask questions and just get what you get. I know new employees are still fighting for their first checks. They instantly give you "write-ups" for every little thing, if it's not a write-up they'll just fire you on the spot and then refuse to pay you your last check. They are so severely understaffed, the residents go without care for hours sometimes. When a resident is hurting or unable to breath, the nurses give them an attitude like they just don't want to be bothered, and they get pushed to the side and ignored. They also have so many lies and secrets throughout that would get the place shut down, your license is at risk working here, they like to blame things on the CNA's to protect their nurses and the nurses will never have your back. This is not a good place to work and especially not a good place for these people to live. The favoritism here is the worst I've ever seen. They promise only certain people a gift card for picking up an extra shift, some people pick up extra shifts all the time and never get offered anything for it. These same people that do get gift cards will say they're coming in for a whole shift, get their gift card and leave an hour later, one time one of them literally came in, got the gift card and left and didn't come back for the shift they were picking up, and never got in any trouble for this.

This is the absolute worst job that I have had during my career. This facility is consistently short staffed. I think that 1:40+ residents or 1:30+ residents is unacceptable. And don't even get me started about management. Too many meetings, and reasons not to help out to count. And let's not forget the wonderful favoritism toward worthless employees. Several employees are constantly 15-30 minutes late with no repercussions. Not to mention that certain people can pick and choose what they will and will not do, and who they will or won't do it for. 

We used to get a lunch prepared for us on Thursdays, and a generous pick up bonus. Well, those have all gone away. No bonuses, unless they are desperate for staff. Then, it is only a select few that are offered the gift card bonuses for coming in. No incentive to continue doing a good job. They reward laziness, and irresponsibility; and do not appreciate hard work and dedication. Management appreciates nothing, and corporate is just as bad. Corporate shows up to lay down the law, and then leaves. Office staff instantly shows up out of nowhere during survey to "help out", then the rest of the year, they disappear back into their offices. 

There is no consideration when screening residents before admission. It seems that all this company is interested in is their bottom line and to h*** with their staff. We are overworked, severely underpaid, and missing our families due to excessive call offs, no call no show's, and people who are chronically late.

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at Advantage Living Centers are Not worth it!!  Not enough pay to deal with the BS and the rude employees

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at Advantage Living Centers, I think ZERO

Management
In general, managers at Advantage Living Centers 

What Mangment??

Overall
My experienceworking at  Advantage was I found this is a horrible place to work!!  As much as they make it sounds ..No teamwork,  the facility is dirty and  broken down hardly has any supplies to do proper care.The call lights,toliets,and sinks are all mostly broken or not working.  The "aides" ( if that's what you wanna call them) dont wanna help eachother. Just themselves.They dont care if the residents is 600+ pounds.. if your not part of the cliche they are NOT helping you. The aides verbally abuse the residents cause they soiled themselves and leave them wet or in bm until the end of the shift.  I dont recommend working or even bringing you loved ones here. I hope this disgusting place get shut down by the health department cause it needs to be!! I wouldn't even give this place 1 star.. more like negative 5 stars.

Hi there! 
If you are reading this then you must be interested in working at Advantage! Before you do, I want to be honest with you about the experience I had working there over several months. At first, I really enjoyed the company and my coworkers. However, very quickly my "part-time" job turned into over 40 hours a week- mostly due to the constant short staff issue. Of course, I did not mind the extra work until it started to feel as though I was being taken advantage of. Additionally, after working for some time I found that there was the way the company took care of their residents and the way the company took care of their residents when "state" was around. Needless to say, there was a major gray area in how the residents and building was being treated. From the experience, I can say I would definitely be a caregiver again since I love helping people and working with others. But I would greatly avoid working with Advantage again because of their lack of compassion for both their employees and even more importantly- their residents.

The company chooses not to hire enough staff to properly care for the residents.  Lives are at risk.  There are caring staff members that invest in the care of residents, however due to the lack of staff, your license is at risk working for this company.  Their issue is focusing on money, and refusing to properly care for residents by staffing their buildings.  One person can't properly care for over 30 residents.  In the evenings and on the weekend, residents scream for help without success.  On the weekend there is little to no staff, and residents are at risk.   Many falls that also put residents at risk.  Residents go without showers, are served cold food, and often don't receive assistance when needed.  I would not recommend working for this company until they run the facilities in an ethical manner.  A typical work day was being overwhelmed with complaints from relatives and residents that were valid!  I started looking for another job after my first day.   The pay was decent, however all money ain't good money and some money is too expensive.

Work-life balance
No longevity for Administrators. Company have terminated great Administrators. Family members and friends work in the building and were untouchable. If you held them accountable you were terminated. No Administrator last more than 6 months there. Great Admins try to straighten up facility and gets back lash. Company is suppose to be Christian based.

Job security and advancement
Run.!!!! Don't even apply. Administrators do not last past 6 months no matter who you are. Oh, unless you are family

Management
Corporate management needs to be fair to the Administrators. Company should look at their past track record and look in the mirror to see why all Administrators never last past a few months.

Culture
As Administrator if you're doing your job and holding staff accountable. Staff call corporate on you. They believe them and terminate you.

Overall
Corporate management needs to be fair to the Administrators. Company should look at their past track record and look in the mirror to see why all Administrators never last past a few months.

My experience was not a good one. I watched the life being sucked out of people who worked here. 10-20 people would quit monthly.Corporate was no help at all....they would generally come into the buildings and make matters worse. Many of the Corporate liaisons have been fired from other facilities for inadequate performance but have a job since they know someone in the industry. The owners seem to be nice and caring but the people they have working under them are under handed, conniving, and unknowledgeable. If you are hired into any position with this company you are doomed from the beginning because they don’t mind leaving a mess for you to clean up. Imagine cleaning up the mess they’ve left for you, putting out fires daily, while coping with the highest turnover in the industry. 

It’s not safe for people with licenses nor is it safe for people who have a reputation to uphold. You’ll ruin both of you are employed here.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Very poor management. Nepotism  at its best. Gets a Grammy. Working here was the epitome of being in a junior high lunch room and the Admin / DON are the bullies
 I'm a very seasoned nurse and never in my life thought I would work in this environment. From top down is a good old boys club.  Short staff for the behaviors, they covered a  abadoment, terminate nurses for asking questions of uncertainty. The list goes on. Don't waste your time.  Big turnover. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The management that has no idea what they are doing and continue to be double standard. Over riding doctors orders


What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very toxic environment. Poor moral and even witnessed predjudice

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Nail biting caos. Panic attack, short staff. Angry workers.

I work midnights and often have to pick up a bunch of extra tasks because dayshift and afternoon shift want to twiddle their thumbs. It all starts with management, they are awful. If you need to call in, you can never get into contact with them. If a resident falls and needs to be sent out, you can't get into contact with them after 3pm and won't get a text back. The hardest part of the job is the coworkers on day shift and afternoons. There are very few who work hard and do their job correctly and there's honestly quite a bit of neglect. Working in the dementia department gets pretty mentally exhausting if you're working during the day so you'll have to have lots of patients. The most enjoyable part of the job is helping care for the residents. The residents here are so incredibly wonderful and deserve the world. 

Work-life balance
Work-life balance at Advantage Living Centers is not comprehensive to do as a single parent  without stress from other employees.

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at Advantage Living Centers are Very low and did not matter at this point with how they handle there pay schedules

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at Advantage Living Centers, I think there's a short staff

Management
In general, managers at Advantage Living Centers  try there best in keeping their employees intrests

Culture
Collaboration with my colleagues at Advantage Living Centers is undecided in safety issues with residents and staffing

Overall
My experience working at Advantage Living Centers was not interesting because I wasn't staffed appropriately with my team.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Charge nurse 1 salary reported	$22.25 per hour
Nursing assistant 1 salary reported	$18.70 per hour
Assistant 6 salaries reported	$23,983 per year
Infection preventionist 1 salary reported	$89,000 per year
Maintenance assistant 1 salary reported	$38,000 per year

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