Pros
Flexible hours (because no one wants to work at Sunrise, because they pay you like a McDonald's manager to take care of 8 people!) Good for a beginner CNA's in the medical field that want to get their foot in the door, build a resume or experience.
Cons
Too many residents that are basically total care of have excessive needs. That use mechanical lifts or stand up lifts. Some can't move at all and must be changed and washed in bed. 8 residents are typically on one assignment, mine is particularly heavy with no independent residents. You have to do your residents laundry, which is time consuming and takes time away from caring for your residents. Sometimes you will have to do multiple residents laundry in one 8 hour shift. Sunrise only cares about money and pays their employees like crap. $12.00 an hour is not what I went to trade school for. I can barely pay for college and my car with this job!They pay way below median for New York State pay for CNA's. This is not assisted living anymore, this is more like a nursing home. That's how they get away with paying us crap with having "an assisted living home" license. What a joke! And they don't want to pay us for the amount of work we do breaking our backs! They admit people that can't move at all or do anything for themselves except feed themselves and need to be dressed and washed in bed, not even on hospice! Some are complete dead weight and mess up your backs badly. All they care about is a expensive care plan, that's going in their pockets and not ours. Sunrise saves a lot of money by not hiring dining room staff and putting care managers to work in the dining room. Again, this takes a lot of time out from caring for residents and you will be running around work like a headless chicken when all your residents start ringing. Highly unrecommended for a permanent job. Most people I see working at Sunrise for 12 or more years end up with health problems and back pain, it is hard to watch them go through that since they do not pay much and they have to work to keep up with supporting their families. Most of the people I work with are single mothers or trying to build a new life here in America and struggling. It's very sad.
