John Knox Village Employer Reviews

Alright job for entry level, managers are lazy and require you do work on personal time.

The company cares only about the bottom line. Benefits are horrible and get worse every year. Company promises services to the residents they won't provide.

Very pleasent work enviroment with a chance to further your skills in diffrent parts of the village.I have learned that residents are the most piroity and all complaints should be address properly thru the chains of comand. hardest part of working at john knox village, was getting to know residents and watching them past on, but for the best part learning – more... the history of there journey thru life and there acheviments. – less

THE HARDEST PART WAS THE TWENTY FIVE PATIENTS TO ONE CNA RATIO.

Not a bad place to work, however they didnt have great benefits and they dont always stand behing their employees

I had many good days here. worked short many nights but the pay was outstanding. many nights in nursing are rough. they do take care of employees better than most nursing homes.

all job duties are multiplied by ten due to no backbone management of lazy employees. I myself ended up most of the time doing extra work because employees on cell phones did get there work done and because management did not want comfortation with them again nothing would be done.In other nursing home I worked at those employees would have been fired. – more... Staffing does not care about you either your just a body or a peice of furniture. – less

Running errands for residents, talking them to doctors appointments, assisting with cooking meals or feeding meal, reminding to talk meds, taking them for walks throughout the village. I learned alot about the different residents, what their likes and dislikes were. My coworkers were great and easily to get along with. The hardest part of my job was – more... when a resident passed away. The most enjoyable part of my job was, when i could make the residents happy and them making me laugh. – less

They recently changed to 12 hour shifts and gave everyone a pay cut and more work to do. I work nights so I basically come in at 7 and have to put down anyone the day shift couldn't put down, and they're always short so it's almost a whole hall sometimes. Once I get everyone down I have to give 1-2 showers, sometimes after 8:30 because of all the people – more... I just had to put down for bed. Residents aren't very happy with showers that late. Also may I add that a lot of the times they pull aids off our unit to work other units so we're short and have to work a hall of 24 people by ourselves. Once we get that done we have to pass ice and linen and check people to make sure they're dry, rounds are at 9,11,3,and 5 which the 9 o'clock round is almost impossible to do. So basically after ice and linen we're checking a hall of 20+ people to make sure they're dry and happy and answering call lights. Once 5 o'clock hits we have a list of people we have to get up for the day shift and God forbid one of them doesn't want to get up, Nursing staff will try to make you get up some other poor resident who doesn't want to get up and day shift will moan and groan and complain to the day staff. John Knox has saved a ton of money cutting out the evening crew and we just got a letter in the mail stating they made a mistake and took a $1 from our pay away and reimbursement is being reviewed, what ever that means! No one is going to get reimbursed anything since they CUT OUR PAY! If you plan on working for John Knox expect to work with a short staff, and pay cuts. The change for 12 hour shift was suppose to be for "Resident Centered Staffing" but it's not. They're just trying to save money and work us more so they don't have to staff more. The residents aren't getting the care they need and the employees, well the whole nursing staff is unhappy. I'm pretty sure the higher up are happier with all the money they're saving. – less

I believe this company has taken years off of my life due to stress alone.

A typical day at work would be to clock in, check emails to see if any services were needed right away, check the calendar to see what transportation and Dr appointments needed to be done, serve breakfast to senior citizens and wheel them back from the dining room, do payroll for 50 employees, make changes to worksheets as 104 residents care needs changed, – more... make dr appointments and volunteer appointments and transportation appointments.
Do data entry to report incidents, do data entry for nursing staff, including weights, shot records, employees inservices, employee and resident insurance informations, make and print out forms to help nursing staff with their daily record keeping, answering the phone and keeping open lines of communications open between residents families and staff.
Help doctors with rounds and doumentations.
My job was eliminted as were four other jobs because four of the five of us had too many benefirts accrued over the several years worked at John Knox village they cut our position and restructured it and hired in new staff to do the same job with less pay and less benefits.
My coworkers were all great the residents all upset to loose me I helped them solve problems for 15 years, older people hate change the stress of having someone new to take care o things for them was detrimental to several peoples health and well being. – less

At John Knox Village my duties were to set the dining room for the guests to arrive and prep the food carts. Once the guests arrived I took their orders, retrieved their food and drink, rang it up on the register, then brought the meal back to the guest. Once the guest left I was to clear the table of everything and bring all the dishes to the back – more... to be washed. Once the dining room was closed I was to set the tables for the next day and vacuum the dining room. I got along well with all my co-workers and managers. The most enjoyable part of my job was working with people. – less

great hours 7am-3:30pm, great boss, easy to get time off as needed. great crew to work with. all work is done outside but that was great. chance to work alone and with a team. leads are great and their training is the best and most complete compared to any other job I have had. I would return in a heartbeat.

Working with residents and team work everyday. Co-workers were easy to work with. Previous management was fun to work with because work got done on time!

I was a server at this retirement home which included the busy atmosphere of a restaurant and people who were very appreciative. I was friends with my coworkers and management was always concerned about their staff. I enjoyed making the residents happy when i was working.

answering questions from associates, managers and human resources.
getting payroll ready to pay, checking systems to make sure working right, paying taxes when due and reviewing other payroll people's work.
Do management reports.
I learned that most people are honest, but some aren't.
Management talks about things that people want to hear, but the managers – more... don't actually do the positive things that the president talks about.
The hardest part of the job was making sure everything was being done accurately by others. I am a very detailed person.
Most co-workers very nice to work with.
The most enjoyable part of the job was when I knew that payroll was paid accurately and I could help all associates and managers understand different information about the payroll. I also enjoyed figuring out problems. – less

answering questions from associates, managers and human resources.
getting payroll ready to pay, checking systems to make sure working right, paying taxes when due and reviewing other payroll people's work.
Do management reports.
I learned that most people are honest, but some aren't.
Management talks about things that people want to hear, but the managers – more... don't actually do the positive things that the president talks about.
The hardest part of the job was making sure everything was being done accurately by others. I am a very detailed person.
Most co-workers very nice to work with.
The most enjoyable part of the job was when I knew that payroll was paid accurately and I could help all associates and managers understand different information about the payroll. I also enjoyed figuring out problems. – less

My shift began at noon and was over at eight. I was the last manager in so I would help with the lunch rush, clean up after lunch, set up for any events that might be happening and begin getting ready for the dinner shift that started at four. I would manage the dinner shift and supervise 11 people to ensure the quality of food and service were maintained. – more... At the end of the shift, I would gather all money from servers and reconcile the days cash deposit. I would do a final walk through to make sure everything was cleaned and shut down properly. – less

The residents are loving individuals with a warm sense of heart.

John Knox Village is and very peaceful work place that I really enjoy working at.