Worst Company You Could Work For
Pros
They do pay you for your lunch so you work 8 to 4 or 9 to 5
Cons
Most of working at Athena is a con. Management acted like they cared about our concerns, but in reality, they did not. Athena does not value their employees, their philosophy is "if you're unhappy, go elsewhere" they do not look at for any other interest beside their own. The budget for each facility is completely off based from what will actually be paid. The recreation directors are allowed to bring in entertainers and then their payment is held back for months. I would get close to thirty emails and calls a day from vendors that were not being paid and we were not allowed to tell them anything except that we would try to get payment out. We were told to put together lists of what each of our facilities needed to have paid, this list was usually disregarded and ignored, but we still had to maintain it, they didn't even know how or where they wanted us to keep this list or how they wanted it given to them, they changed that process many times. The finance department is the most unorganized department I have ever seen. I read other reviews and employees from the facility mention how the finance department doesn't care, it is not the bookkeepers, we tried to care, we weren't allowed to pay anything with out approval. There would be many accounts shut off in the facilities that were needed to care for patients because things were ignored until the point where services were cut off. Then they throw a softball tournament every year spending tens of thousands of dollars to pretend like they care about their staff, that tournament is allllll for show. Don't work here no matter how much you need a job, it will suck any happiness and joy you have in your life.
