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Corizon Medical Services Corizon Management Harassing Employees, Not Staffing Correctly, Putting Employees in Danger Saint Louis, Missouri
Hello Everyone,
This letter is being generated for any Corizon Medical Employee that is being wrongfully harassed, mistreated, or possibly in a harmful situation while being employed at 1103 US Highway 98 W Frostproof, FL South County Jail in Frostproof, FL.
The South County Jail medical department is currently being managed by Mr. Jason Berkowitz (DON) Director of Nursing.
It seems as though lately since more things are coming to light such as under staffing, dangerous situations, etc. the management has decided to start writing warnings, notices, reprimands, and just all around harassing the employees more.
Our recommendation to you all if you should receive any of said notices is to get a copy. I repeat get a copy. If you so decide to sign your name to it, so be it. The name signing really does not matter. If you want to write your side you may do this and have them include this in your file. If you refuse to sign they just simply put (employee refused to sign). We think the less you tell them the better and later on if needed use your side. Try to document all events that is happening to you. Most likely what management is trying to do is build a paper trail on you. They will load your file with paper work. They basically will keep trying to discredit you. If and when it ever comes time for them to terminate you, your unemployment can be a little more difficult. Arbitration for unemployment is much easier when you have your copies of all paperwork. You will not only win but it will also aid in civil damages if you so decide to collect later. Just go to work and do your job to the best of your ability and give them a good hard day at work. Most of these situations the immediate management hangs themselves at the end. You have to remember sometimes with mergers the new company is taking on a lot of dirty laundry. In this case you have management that has sat around for a few years under another company name and did nothing but antagonize the employees. Most companies eventually clean this up in time as they realize it is there management that is causing the disruption.
Mergers can also cause companies to even threaten their managers to try to push their employees into impossible situations. Enough said about that.
Just remember one thing as they are micro managing your every move. They are being watched also.
We have discussed in detail with present and former employees and are well aware what is going on. We have also discussed some issues with people that work in the corrections division. Everyone we have spoke with agrees that for the most part the regular employees in the medical divisions are doing their jobs. In fact many had high praises and actually felt sorry for the situation your current management has put you under. Some of the corrections division personnel also agree that by not staffing medical with enough people, they themselves are not getting their jobs done in a timely fashion.
We have the stories of how night shift has received calls from Mr. Berkowitz at all hours of the night. We know at these hours from what has been stated he has not even sounded totally coherent. His excuse will most likely be sleeping disorders in which he was seeking treatment for to the best of our knowledge. A few recent employees that have left he confided in at work about his personal matters. He actually disrupted the entire work place when the gossip went around. We understand this is the same man that has the authority to discipline you while he himself has broken many rules. We understand that many of you are not able to take breaks and are going without your lunches. Please from here on out take your lunches. Repeat, take your lunches. You all might work in a jail, but you are not in jail. You all are also not sworn in correctional officers or in any way law enforcement officers. Please try to stay out of harms way of the inmates if possible. We are aware this issue is very serious and we will monitor it and forward to other agencies. As far as Mr. Berkowitz's mandatory meetings even on your days off, that issue will be addressed. Many of you including two of Mr. Berkowitz's immediate superiors drive an hour or more one way. There is no excuse for asking an employee to do this with gas prices etc., not to mention that is your personal time with family and relaxation for yourself. The fact of the matter is many of you are working sometimes 14 hours and more. This can be days in a row. The math we added up means some of you are awake almost 20 hours, only to do it all over again for many more days. Management will respect your time off. This will be on the agenda.
If anyone that works for Corizon at any other location is going through these types of issues please post here. These issues at this jail are very extraordinary.
Please do not post incidental things and slander or bash Corizon because you simply don't want to work.
Many of you at other facilities have heard and know with the power of thousands of people, it is possible to unionize your company and get treated fairly with a better working environment. The type of events that are happening in Polk County Florida simply would not be taking place if there was a union. We ask that Corizon step up to the plate and use the contract signed with Polk County Florida. In the contract it clearly states that as more inmates are added, or as seen fit, both parties can renegotiate. This particular jail is a newer type jail but like all buildings some of the design and layout to certain areas can take a lot of time to work around. Trying to structure the current system with the amount of current employees and workload is virtually impossible. It should have been managements obligation to recommend for more staffing and not be afraid of home office. It should be home offices job to oversee management and correct issues when management simply can not get along with staff and properly manage.
It will be our job to watch over this and make sure that the working environment changes for you the employees. Please let us know any event that happens that is out of the ordinary.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Ken
Colorado,USA
See if you can interest a TV station or two in your predicament....
#5Consumer Comment
Sun, March 11, 2012
It may just be your best bet to get the attention you are going to need to resolve this.
Best wishes to all of you.
HOPE
orlando,Florida,
United States of America
Sorry
#5Consumer Suggestion
Sun, March 11, 2012
I am so sorry that you Nurses have to go through this, it is not fair to you. Keep complaining to the company and get the family of the inmates involve. You will be surprise what the family members of these inmates are capable of doing to help all you Nurses. Please stay in touch, like I said you will be surprise. I will check daily if any new posting or anything new that has happened. When all is said and done I will tell you my story, and why I said let the family of these inmate know what is going on.
Hang in there!!!
another voice that wants to be heard
frostproof,Florida,
USA
Cries for help go unnoticed
#5UPDATE Employee
Fri, March 09, 2012
First, I would like to commend everyone who has posted on this forum/website. With everything that has been going on at the South County Jail in Frostproof Florida, I now feel compelled to voice my objectives as well. We as nurses at South County are all under a great deal of stress, due to the fact of mismanagement by the DON and the HSA. They have no idea the chaos they created for us. We as employees of Corizon have been told to just deal with it." Things aren't going to get any better". Just wandering if anyone from the corporate offices of Corizon know what's really going on at South County? Do they know about the memos we all get almost on a daily basis? Memos, after memos,memos about memos, memos contradicting other memos, and so on...A BIG confusing mess! Secondly, as mentioned from previous posts, we need some relief. If the management would spend one day in one of the nurses shoes, they would understand our need for help. Furthermore, they would clearly see the necessity to restructure, or reform our current system. No one seems to listen to any of us. All of the nurses, have spoken about feelings of being overwhelmed, unappreciated, disrespected, and EVERYONE is stressed. There are too many unrealistic demands put on us. We are all struggling here to be professionals, but its difficult when management isn't. We all hope someone will take the time to truly listen to us...Thank you
nightingale
Wauchula,Florida,
United States of America
a reply to Corizons lengthy letter
#5UPDATE Employee
Mon, February 27, 2012
Central Co. Jail of Polk Co. Fl. has now transfered hundreds more inmates over to So.Co. jail in Frost Proof in So. polk Co. Fl . and has now put even more of a work load on the few nurses that work their . Their are not enough nurses to go around . You need to hire more nurses . You cannot keep using the same amount of nurses when the population increases . We actually dont have the time to take a meal break, if we do , we then take 10 giant steps to getting behind in our work . Then you guys dock our pay by taking away some of our pto time as punishment . That is not fair to us. When are some of you people from Corizon in Missouri going to come down and take a look at the situation ? You should arrive without warning so no one in management can play cover up and you should visit during the night also . I mean catch them with their pants down . A lot of us are in hopes that it will one day get better. It once was a wonderful place to work before Correctional Medical Came on the scene . Correction Medical service acts like the jail is a big regional medical center . We draw blood work on everyone like its a hospital and most of it is unnesscessary expense. A lot of the people are only there for a week but just because they are diabetics or have high blood pressure the doc. orders full labs and ua's on them and then they go home . You should see the lab request book over load its a mess and us nurses just dont have the time to draw all of it along with our already full plate . Talk about stress, we are stressed to the gills ! We will say no more. Just talking about it is upsetting .
Thanks,
Polk Co. Jail Nurses