Complaint Review: BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING

BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING merging with EMERITIS SENIOR LIVING just rated as the # 7 worst publicly owned companies in the US, by it's OWN EMPLOYEES

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> Rating: 2.3
> Number of reviews: 322
> CEO approval rating: 51% (T. Andrew Smith)
> Employees: 49,000
> Industry: Senior living facilities

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) is an operator of assisted-living communities. Employees of the company are among the most miserable. Numerous current and former employees reported poor management, understaffing and high turnover. A large proportion of the company’s nearly 49,000 employees are considered part-time. Yet, several reviews cited hours well in excess of traditional part-time schedules. Some employees have expressed concern over the company’s increased focus on profits. “They’ve lost sight of their values — the bottom line comes first and the residents are last,” one reviewer said on Glassdoor.com. Despite these complaints, however, CEO Andrew Smith had a better approval rating than his counterparts at any of the other companies on this list, at 51%.

Brookdale recently announced it would merge with Emeritus Corporation, another senior living company. The companies said that after the merger, 6.5 million Americans 80 years of age and older will live in relative proximity to one of the two companies’ facilities.

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My comment, this nursing home company is the McDonald's of all nursing homes, the nurses nationwide are understaffed, management in the homes hate the company. Money is all that's important. They spend a lot of money on public relations and marketing to get you to sign up, but the staff knows the truth. The nursing care is awful because they just don't care about quality or hiring enough. Stay away from the fast foods of senior care.