Department of Veterans Affairs Employer Reviews

Benefits can't be beat; but there is a lot of politics involved esp. in upper management and often times in order to get a job or move up anywhere it's who you know, not what you know.

Wonderful group of people!! Learned about different times of war, learned about different cultures, managent was wonderful to work with, great values and team work, the hardest part was leaving, I moved from Ohio to Colorado, my husband returned from his deployment, was unable to do a transfer, for there was no openings at the time, would love to work – more... for the VA again! – less

Understood the problem with the Federal Government working in several positions with this agency,

Terrific place to work and grow in whatever field interests you.

In my business a typical day starting with a photo shoot, after my makeup artist shows up, we go over the shooting order and what style of makeup will be needed. When my client shows up, I put on their choice of music to get them relax and while they are getting makeup and warobe done I'm looking over the set and camera adjustments. Then the fun begins.We – more... will shoot four sets which are four changes, once we are done then comes the review, we talk about the shoot, how the they did and how I did. I think the hardest part of this job is advertising, my makeup artist works very well with me, and we learn something different everytime we do a photo shoot, and the same thing with weddings, I spend more time making sure the bride is calm so i can get that right shot. – less

A typical work day includes patient visits in their homes; I have learned to utilize a moderately complex EMR system with consultations to the specialty clinics at the medical center; my coworkers include various medical-team members ie KT, RD, SW and MH. The hardest part of the job is planning visits to include all details patient's needs which are – more... frequently complex in management of clinical reminders which encompass acute needs and healthcare management. The most enjoyable part of the job is providing care to a population of veterans who are debilitated and primarily homebound. – less

A typical day at work is when I walk into the office preparing my files,checking voice mail also answering email.
Have patience and managing my time being a teamplayer with my co-worker.
Completing all task/assignment
A job well done.

Very Structured and customer service oriented. At the call center, I answer calls from Veterans and beneficiaries to help them with a numerous amount of things such as direct deposit, claim status, updated regulations, and more/

I'm a work/study, dealing with veterans' files and claims, help processing them and get them organized for reviewing and rating, learned a lot to work as a team, gained so much knowledge in the field of being file clerk or an office assistant. My coworkers are so nice. The hardest part of the job would be by the end of the week when I need to go over – more... the files one one and scan them all and counted for, and the most enjoyable when I just work on the computer. – less

Place is corrupt to the core. It is hard to fire people and the management is corrupt with cronyism. The news about the Dept of VA speaks for itself

Human Resource duties to include reviewing resumes of nursing applicants for the Department of Nursing. Scheduled appointments for interviews. Assisted with Quality Control and Risk Management by gathering data and creating statistical charts using spreadsheet.

the money is good the insurance rocks, BUT you have to walk a fine line with people the staff and the pts. You can get burnt out after a few years with them and they will work you do death. Some of my co workers made the day a little better but others make your life HELL. My boss was ok some times he needed to be more firm when people were doing things – more... that were wrong. I loved my older pts but I hated working with people that would follow me home or shot at me with guns, and then you had to worry about if you got the wrong person mad who was going to walk you to your car at night. They are not always understanding about medical I know one person who had a stroke at work and they made them come back after 3 days or they were going to work on getting them fired. Another girl had a miscarriage and had to go back to work the next day. People get hurt on the job all the time and they will get you fixed up but even if its a broken back like a few people you have to work and they want you back as soon as your out of surgery and walking again. that part sucks – less

A typical day at work involves resentment toward the "special" coworkers who do not bear an even burden and instead flaunt the amount of time they spend goofing off while others work much, much, harder. Management is inept and dishonest, unable to keep a stable working environment and very much a kangaroo court situation if problems arise. A good ole – more... boy and nepotism culture keep newcomers from promotions and also retain lazy workers with high salaries who epitomize what is wrong with government spending. Very disappointing over time to see the wasteful ways our tax dollars are spent not toward helping Veterans but toward a circus of out of control clowns. The only enjoyment is being able to help the Veterans in any way that I can put a personal emphasis on the care I give them. Some of the employees are great, many others should have been fired long ago. – less

As a professional person as I am, I am managing to be everywhere. I like to help people in general.

Productive and fun place to work. The Department of Veterans Affairs help understand Government in the public sector. Also, A complete understanding of my field of study in Public Adminstration. In the future I would love the opportunity to work there.

I have had the opportunity to advance although this enviroment is very toxic. Employee safety is not important and numbers are more important over recovery and theraputic benifit of the patients. Hard enviroment to work in, co-workers are very difficult, petty and not trustworthy. Management will seek information from co-workers and use against you, – more... not trustworthy and unethical. Management operates using fear instead of encouragement. – less

The VA in Vancouver, Washington has very workable conditions for their employees. Typical day consisted of morning report, a light patient-load: 12-16 per RN with an LPN passing meds, and two CNAs. Can't say enough about the work conditions. The problem I had was that I questioned the doctors, came up with a research idea that they all laughed at...spoke – more... with a specialist outside the VA who encouraged me to pursue the idea through the research team (which I hadn't thought of) and the rest is history...I had usurped the chain of command without realizing. On the bright side....research is being done on the idea that I had and I also submitted it to Doernbecher's, OHSU, among others. – less

A wonderful group of attorneys who were a real pleasure to work with, and learn from.

Very busy place we have all kind of people from all over come to the VCS store. Have to keep stocked up and keep a very friendly and working environment.

I was a cashier in the canteen. I ran a register, stocked the store & coolers. Helped in any way that I could