VITAS Healthcare reviews

3.5

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,585 total reviews)

Joel L. Wherley

77% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

VITAS Healthcare has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,585 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The VITAS Healthcare employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Apr 9, 2018

Admission RN

Recommend
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Pros

Save ur back by not having a physical demanind job. Low exposure to germs. You don't have to do total pt care. Talk alot with family. Talk alot with doctors. Visit various hospitals, homes, SNF, board and cares, and assissted living. Well funded. Huge company. Huge!!!! Nationwide huge!!!!

Cons

You learn that the company only cares about the income and the numbers. As a nurse, you are only a number. You are replaceable. They thread borderline with violating pts rights by giving them no choice to sign consents especially when they are in the hospital. We are told to cater to what they want. Dying pts are allowed to have curative treatments such as chemo, immunotherapy, diaysis which contradicts true "hospice care." They are like predators in the community with representatives and liasons catering to case managers with treats and provide false promises to their patients. Again they thread borderline with violating pts rights. Don't get manangement mad. You will always be pressured to do more. Nothing is enough... Liasons and Reps do get bonuses depending the length of stay of their pts that they help admit. They use car sales man techniques that take advantage of dying people in their most vulnerable state and profit every penny from medicare and also are for profit that is publicly traded in the stock market. This company will make you examine your personal values... How much can you push yourself? Micromanagers that also throw tantrums like babies when their numbers are not high enough. Abusive relationship with their staff. You will last if u can stomach their tactics to admit patience.

2.0
Oct 4, 2017

Lacking

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working with and being of support to patients and their families.

Cons

Very little communication from management; word-of-mouth is preferred method. They still use paper documentation (carbon copy paper) in 2017! Low employee morale with no efforts to improve.

1.0
Aug 20, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work with some of the most compassionate, caring, smart, and funny coworkers you will ever meet. They have a true passion for their jobs and the patients and families. Company's #1 motto is "Patients and families come first." And they do because that is just who these people are.

Cons

The #2 motto is "We take care of each other". Not true. We work every holiday except the big 3 - and we are forced to take PTO. No sick leave, terrible health benefits, raises limited to 2%. Management feels it is better to give half-truths and vague answers than ever address employee concerns on everything from salaries, workplace bullies, staff turnover, vacation scheduling or workload balancing. And anyone who brings concerns to the attention of management is labeled a complainer and dismissed.

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