Started from the bottom, now there here.. ended up just an Aide to them.
Pros
Patients, patient families, caring for truly amazing people, making wonderful friends in the process. Being able to make your own schedule, basically be your own boss and be home at night because of the flexible schedule.
Cons
It used to always be about the patients. It isn't anymore. Everything turned to Medicare and charting. Not Caregiving and Love like it should be. No room for growth. People who were knowledgeable in hospice and worked there for a long time were passed on for people who drove the positions into the ground, all because they talk smooth. I worked there when it was a small company (St. Jude) that was so small that the CEO knew my name, then it got so big I don't think he knew his own name, let alone any of the people working their tails off for him/them. They stopped loving their employees and stopped truly caring about the patient care. It was all about the hustle and bustle of things. Must be amazing to be a millionaire with all your minions below you, and let people tear them to pieces until they break and quit a job that they loved and gave everything to for almost 4 years.