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Wickshire Senior Living

So I just want to start off by saying that when I started out I really loved my job. I loved working with the seniors and I really liked working for the company but the longer you are there the more the blinds come off. The building is breaking down and they honestly don't seem to care. You aren't properly trained to handle emergencies there, you are one person expected to be responsible for the lives of 40-50 people during fire alarms, pipe bursts, tornados and god knows what else can happen to this place. Heaven forbid the building actually be at full compacity. Some of the residents treat you with respect but others would rather scream and yell at you and management does nothing about it. Employees are extremely overworked and expected to act like nurses with zero nurse training. They hire you as a concierge then force you to work in the kitchen for a "$100 bonus". Literally I would work my twelve hour shift then me expected to work in the kitchen serving breakfast because they were to cheap to hire more help. This company is pretty and shiny from the outside but on the inside they treat you like garbage, the work culture is extremely toxic and the employees and long stay residents team up to make your life horrible if you don't do as they ask. Just so yourself a favor and RUN AWAY.

I loved working with the residents…. of course there is good days but more bad days then good. they treat you like you’re a robot . And if they don’t get attended fast (enough keep in mind there will probably only be 2-3 servers in a full room)they’ll yell at you walking  up to you and follow you around and stare until you attend them even if you are helping someone else in the moment. make complaints and comment on your appearance and obviously it’s hard to stay upset because they are the elders it’s just very emotionally draining because they will look for any reason to complain about something and their  never happy . None the Less most are nice if they take liking to you . Management sucks and their shady about the way they do things and they won’t pay you over time you worked and expect you to give your whole life and time away for them even on days you request off they will call you and beg you  and basically force you to go in .. 12 hour shifts almost daily … if you let it happen and you deal with way too much for 14.00  and the company treats you like you have no value to them as their employee but expect everything from you. 

Management is HORRIBLE! I started as a part time employee at wickshire and they worked me like a full timer with no benefits! Finally put my foot down and took them a month to fix my schedule and make me full time! After months of bringing different things to the Memory care directors attention about staff nothing was done ever! Staff is very lazy! I would not leave my grandpa or grandma overnight here EVER! Night staff sleeps through their shifts! They do not do their tasks! Residents do not get the appropriate attention they need and deserve! Also won employee of month for one month and management never notified me, it was the kitchen staff that i learned that from. After i quit i never got my bonus so i asked about it and their stories changed up real quick! shady place! Staff puts their hands on residents and when it’s reported nothing is done about it! Meds are clicked off in the computer and the meds aren’t even in the medcart and nothing is done about it! The only reason you would want a job here is if you like being underpaid to work your tail off while the rest of the staff plays on their phones! 

In the post-COVID era we are now calling “The Great Resignation,” Wickshire is a good place to work if you aren’t perfect. If you need to overcome something in your past, or your present circumstances keep you from the flawless performance demanded of us pre-COVID, you will most likely be accepted here. There are still the normal no-no’s during the hiring process: a background check showing elder or child abuse would eliminate you, as well as any non-prescription opiates, benzodiazepines or hard drugs showing up in the Concentra screening. But if you are willing to work hard and care for senior citizens under a sometimes stressful environment, if you wouldn’t mind picking up extra hours when needed or doing part of someone else’s job during your shift, you will go far here. We understand that people aren’t perfect, all we expect is that you try your best. If this sounds like you, please apply today! 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Getting paid, nothing else.  This company is consistantly under staffed, and does not approve overtime.  Their solution is to give you more work in an eight hour period insted of hiring more staff.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Being asked to have good moral when your over worked and under paid.  This company has not given raises in over two years.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressfull, intimidating, constant pressure from management about having good moral while they constantly ask more of you in an eight hour period, and then they wonder why your moral is low.  They do not reward employees with raises, but rather with catered breakfast, and lunches once a month.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Constant stress of wondering when you'll be written up for a "bad attitude", or not fullfilling their idea of who you should be while in their facility.

This was probably the worst company I have ever worked for, to the point where my license was in jeopardy. I walked in to a major disaster and was constantly being told that no one in corperate knew how bad it really was. That says alot about the corperate team and how envolved they are with their communities. Residents weren't being taken care of properly, they had gone months with out getting medications. Medication program was a nightmare and they expected the nurse to come in and fix it. They weren't truthful about how bad the situation was there especially with the care, and then wonder why they can't keep a nurse. 90 percent of the staff is from and agency. They promote below satisfactory employees to management positions because they are desperate for help.

Corporate office personnel in the Midwest region are a joke!!! When upper management left and most employees at the same time they (corporate) told the residents that they left due to not wanting to take the COVID vaccines which was not true as they didn’t want to carry the blame that it was them. They are not proactive instead they react to issues with no plan in place. Employees concerns are not handled appropriately or with great concern. Very unprofessional. 

Management doesn't care about the staff or residents.. It's a very fast turnover rate working there..The residents family is seeing what kinda of disfuntioning place it is..They're over working the few staff they have working there..Med Techs in assisted living is having 68 residents to provide care to, memory care med techs has 35 patients to take care of.. This is one of the horrible places on earth to put your love ones or to work at...They need to get rid of management and sell this company for the fourth time... Don't waste your time with applying to work here

I had hopes for this company and wanted to like it but all of this made it very hard to. Currently seeking other job opportunities.

Unprofessional and lack of leadership from some managers
Promises made w no follow through equals lack of trust from employees.
No teamwork/support from managers or corporate
No sense of respect for one another and other peoples department.
Ppl are overworked and paid poorly for the work load.
Leadership is very cliquey. 
No accountability.
I worry for the residents daily. 



What is the best part of working at the company?
The company doesn't try to cookie cutter each community.  They want to respect the likes and traditions of the residents and staff in that area of the company.  They do the best they can to support the staff.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Assisted living, just like other businesses, is facing difficulty finding quality staff who care about the residents and want to do a good job.  It's stressful trying to find those kind of staff members.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Our staff really cares for and looks out for each other.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Partner 1 salary reported	$15.00 per hour
Wellness nurse 10 salaries reported	$25.94 per hour
Licensed practical nurse 1 salary reported	$29.12 per hour
Cook 23 salaries reported	$14.53 per hour
Medical technician 2 salaries reported	$17.50 per hour

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