I drank the Kool Aid. I worked my butt off and worked myself towards an early death. Rah Rah Go Team!
I constantly had to juggle working two teams. The caseloads were 2x higher than industry standards, so much of the time I had to deal with four times a many patients as any person in my position should have had to endure. I lived with constant guilt because I knew my patients were not getting the kind of attention they deserved.
I was hit with a catastrophic illness and was lucky to come out alive with a much shortened life expectancy. As a reward for fighting for my life, their self-administered employee health plan reversed all of the payments made to my health care providers after I coughed up $13,000 for COBRA. This situation left me hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and has completely destroyed my credit. I can't get an attorney to take the case since it falls under ERISA Law (look it up) . No attorney will touch it since there is no provision for their compensation nor for my own recompense. They left me ruined.
I also thought I was wise to sign up for their long term disability plan when I PURCHASED my benefits. What a joke! They do not tell you when you buy the benefit that their carrier is permitted to use their own definition of "disability." When I was told I would not be able to return to work I figured I could at least live on the 60% of my salary that the plan provided. W R O N G! I was kicked off after 20 months, again with no recourse since that plan also falls under ERISA.
I hope that all of these quacks who post about the fabulous benefits will never have to go through the hell that has been my life since I worked at Vitas.