Vitalant reviews

Staffing shortages across the healthcare industry.

- The upper management of drivers lacks all interpersonal, communication, organization, and general skills required - observing the lack of staff cohesiveness was inexcusable. - The schedule is erratic and inconsistent at best. They treat employees as "plug and play" pieces on a board without factoring in the human element; over 4 months in and I was still unsure what I was working week-to-week and often day-to-day, even around the holidays. For example, in a span of 7 days I had shifts of 4pm-12am, 6am-2pm, 10pm-6am. - Interoffice communication within the company is terrible, almost non-existent. - HR is unprofessionally callous and a one-way listener in handling questions and concerns. - With it being a union position (after 9 months of employment), way too much emphasis is placed on seniority; to the point where new hires whom are not yet unionized are expendable and not treated equally, nor as fairly, as union drivers. - After contracting COVID, I understandably had to follow company policy of 5 days quarantined, another 3 days until my fever subsided (also per company policy). then an additional 3 days where I wasn't allowed back until I received a physical from my doctor to be deemed fit to work due to shortness of breath (also per company policy). These 11 days counted against me as 'call-offs' since I was still in my probationary period and due to their "no-fault" policy. This incomprehensibly contradictory, unfair, and asinine policy does absolutely nothing to protect employees who are already working in a highly susceptible environment being in dozens of hospitals. - So don't plan on contracting COVID if you're a newer hire with Vitalant; or else their policy to protect employee and co-worker health is inexplicably negated by their attendance policy, even whilst having medical documentation.