DaVita reviews

I have never in all my years of working met a group of more immature people than at Davita. Management is political in the high school sense. I thought a corporate environment was political but Davita could give lessons. Promotions and even keeping your job is based on whether or not managers are friends with you. Mine was a pathological liar, sweet to my face and back stabbed me when I wasn't around. The internal systems are difficult to work with and don't communicate well between them. Finding anything on the "Village Web" (their intranet) is next to impossible. Patients who are on commercial insurance are practically worshiped. They send out "guest services" people to welcome them to the clinic and will bend over backwards for any whim they might have. On the other hand Medicare patients are virtually ignored. The clinic staff doesn't treat them different but corporate clearly sends a message that Medicare/Medicaid patients are a burden and that they love "hipper" patients because they can charge commercial insurance more per treatment. Which is very interesting given that 95% of their patients are on Medicare!

Used to be a great place where you could feel you were making a difference. Once they hit the Fortune 500 it became all about staying there without a good strategy for growth. As a consequence the cuts have begun, people with long histories are losing jobs, perks and benefits are shrinking, and the culture that made the company so great is just a fading memory.