VITAS Healthcare reviews

I thought working here would be great but turns out I was horribly wrong. Every time I come to work I know there’s going to be drama with staffing. Vitas claims to have nurses available 24/7 but that is a lie. Especially overnight. You have families and doctors upset when you can’t provide a nurse to go out but it’s not your fault. Vitas needs to stop with the false advertisement. Management is so rude as well and unprofessional. You literally have to back track everything you do and document throughly because they will blame you for their mistakes. It’s sickening. Also, the nurses (from vitas) who call in the reports are rude as ever too. You have a few kind ones but the rest are awful. The Vitas Reps that call in are over the top and annoying as well. Oh, and we’re always short staffed. We have lost so much staff since I started and haven’t replaced half. It’s so sad. You deal with emotional families who expect what we said we would provide. We can’t provide quality care because Vitas employees are constantly quitting/ getting fired for stupid reasons. I would advise you not to work here. They also tell you there’s room to grow but won’t promote or move you due to short staffing. This company is a lie.

No holidays or sick days! Shocking and I never thought to ask since I have always had them. Yes, we get 15 days of PTO but I used them to take off on Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. They also continually encourage us to work the weekends and even when I don’t really want to I often don’t have a choice since my accounts and office keep emailing me. So, needless to say there is high burnout since we don’t have enough down time. The benefits are also terrible and you are not eligible until after 90 days. There is a 401k match but at .25 on the dollar I put in and again not until after 90 days.