registered practical nurse

dietary aide

maintenance person

guest attendant

cook

Carrington Place

I get to work about 11:15am. I give the residents beverages and salads for 7 tables of 4. I then serve the same tables dinner at 11:30am. Then I serve desserts. Then bring dirty dishes into kitchen and set up for next seating. Do the same thing again for the next seating of residents. After dinner is done we set up one diningroom for supper. When dishes are done and put away. We, I, go for dinner for 30 minutes. After dinner I tray desserts for 140ish residents. Then set up the other diningroom for supper. At 4pm we take a 15 minute break. Then at 4:15pm, we give our tables beverages and then serve supper to another 7 tables. I do this for another seating and then we serve dessert and then bring all dirty dishes to kitchen. Clean tables, put away left over desserts, rinse coffee and tea urns, fill juices for the next day put in fridge. Sweep and wash floors in one diningroom. This is the 11:30 am to 7:30pm shift.
Everyday I learn to love the residents and respect them. Everyday I learn to get along with my co-workers. In the past 5 years I have worked for Carrington we have had lots of changes. I have been very flexable and willing to adapt.
Management and co-workers are respectful and good to work with. The hardest part of the job is a lot of residents need more help and another break for employees.
The most enjoyable part of job is seeing the residents smiles and helping a resident or co-worker.

A typical day at work for me would involve many different tasks. Some examples are...blood pressures, baths, dining server, giving medication that the nurse had asked me to give, laundry, cleaning, bed making, vacuuming, taking weights, etc. I have learned organization skills, time management skills, but also i have become very well rounded. The management was good because safety was number one and they made sure the residents were safe at all times. The co-workers were very helpful and easy going. The hardest part of the job was serving in the dining room because the residents would give you many orders all at one time and you would have to keep the orders straight. The most enjoyable part of the job was making the residents' lives enjoyable and giving them the quality of life that i feel they deserve. Carrington Place was a great learning experience overall.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Not very well run at all. The GM does not know how to lead a team . The commercials on TV are untrue. 
Untrained , unsupervised , disfunctional 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management do not follow through with any kind of discipline towards wrongdoing staff. 
Unsanitary conditions throughout the building . 


What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Deflated staff morale due to lack of support and training 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Come into the kitchen , and immediately hear staff/management complaining about” this isn’t my job “,and “I’m not doing that “.
Very frustrating , the lack of training provided . And nothing done about it

The residents at Carrington are wonderful to work with and serve. However, the management is the issue. Students will be treated poorly and are always brought down by the manager. The job gets increasingly harder for absolutely no reason and when a student does not perform the new change correctly, they get mistreated by the manager. Finally, when a student has something come up they need to attend, management will not be flexible and make you take the shift and guilt trip you. 

Horrible management, insincere, expect you to take over their duties while they slept(night shift)

Decreased employees hourly wage months after securing employment/being given our rate

Informed of wage increase during the interview, which unexpectedly resulted in a decrease with no explanation

Question absence after explaining reason, continued to harass and demand that I attend my scheduled shift

The worker should be wearing proper cover or mask when cleaning certain bathrooms in the rooms with contagious diseases and they should never  work in the kitchen or dining room with same uniform doing now dietician or server work .

overall this job was very emotional. I loved it in ways as I am very good with the elderly, I took care of my grandpa for years before he passed. I grew up without grandparents after he passed so I got fairly attached to the residents. When something happened it would affect me deeply and I just couldn't go on in this environment anymore

It was ok environment to work in. I learned alot while I was working there midnights and going to college during the day.  There was alot to do in very little time. I was not happy working here but I got through it.

Job was hard with a lot of responsibilities that did not correspond with job title. Some of the staff were really nice but the others were hard to get along with. The management too didn’t help matters and tends to take sides with older staff.

It's a hard job, but it is good for students to learn the characteristics of a demanding job. Residents can be difficult and can help improve customer service skills. 

Management was very good. Not many opportunities for advancement, (not a huge deal considering its a student job.)

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Registered practical nurse 2 salaries reported	$28.22 per hour
Dietary aide 2 salaries reported	$17.97 per hour
Maintenance person 3 salaries reported	$21.30 per hour
Guest attendant 1 salary reported	$17.45 per hour
Cook 1 salary reported	$17.97 per hour

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