Vinfen reviews

3.4

62% would recommend to a friend

(350 total reviews)
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Jean Yang

79% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Vinfen has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 350 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vinfen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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350 reviews
1.0
Aug 31, 2020

Mediocre. Period.

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Pros

My position was not an intellectually demanding position. It was more focused on provided daily supportive services such as transportation, medication support and conversations designed to help clients focus on their activities of daily living and goals of importance to them. Therefore, if you need a job that doesn't demand a lot of your mind while simultaneously going to school this job *could* be good for you. This position will likely be in demand these days due to the strain on the public healthcare system during COVID-19

Cons

Poor quality of co-workers - One of my co-workers routinely showed up an hour late to work. This made it difficult to manage work demand when on-site by myself. Another would bring his vaping equipment to work and tinker with it while on the clock. Or he would leave to do his personal laundry. Opaque and unaccountable management - During my time in my role I requested a reasonable accommodation due to a past history of a disability. Management did not engage in a sufficiently interactive dialogue regarding my request. Instead, my request was summarily denied. This is quite distressing considering this employer works in an industry designed to help people. Disrespect - After filing a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination I learned about false allegations made against me by a co-worker. In short, do not work for this employer if you value your own health and dignity.

2.0
Jun 22, 2020

Sisyphean

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Pros

People are nice. Lower level management is helpful and understanding. Person centered culture.

Cons

Mandatory on call is terrible. Paperwork is incredibly repetitive and neverending. A month in, I was behind on my documentation, but seeing all my clients and making progress. I was informed that the LPHA role was not really intended to provide clinical care, it was just to use the license to rubber stamp the work actually being done by underpaid outreach workers. Even before COVID, I would often go months without actually seeing many of my clients in person. I spent a tremendous amount of time talking ABOUT clients with their families, group home staff, outreach workers, hospitals, psychiatrists, etc, but next to none actually interacting with them directly. I am essentially an office worker that generates masses of emails, documentation, and phone calls about hypothetical clients that other people tell me about. Everyone is underpaid, turnover is constant, everyone is constantly behind on their work. No team is fully staffed, and they keep telling you "this is just coverage, until we get more staff", but by the time someone new comes in, someone else has left, so it's an endless, pointless, joyless crisis.

2.0
Sep 9, 2019

workload/ burnout outweighs the positives

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Pros

There are many distinct pros/cons for each position, but I will only speak to LPHA as it is the only position I have had at Vinfen. Great pay for the field for LPHA positions. Good benefits and flexibility for time off. Great opportunity to work with a wide-range of adult patient populations, and collaboration with many other Boston-based human-service organizations. Good work environment for people who want each day to be different, and have strong self-management and organizational skills with opportunity for a fair amount of autonomy around scheduling. Strong team collaboration which helps make the work place feel familial. Company will pay for CEUs.

Cons

Workload, as designed, is too high for an individual and consistently requires more than 40hrs/week of work while salaried. The company does not provide raises without promotion of position. The company is chronically understaffed with high turnover rate. This leads to even higher work loads with minimal compensation. High levels of risk mitigation expected for newly licensed staff with minimal clinical support on decisions made. Excessive and redundant paperwork, more so than similar companies, requiring LPHA positions to spend majority of time completing paperwork rather than providing direct clinical care. Poor management skills on all levels of management.

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