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Brightview Senior Living

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Brightview Senior Living reviews

4.2

82% would recommend to a friend

(487 total reviews)
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Doug Dollenberg

87% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Brightview Senior Living has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 487 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Brightview Senior Living employee rating is 22% above average for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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487 reviews
1.0
Feb 13, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Appreciative and pleasant residents: good facilities; good food (free meal each shift).

Cons

Brightview may be a great place to work, depending on your location. However, working here was a challenging and disappointing experience for me. The workplace culture promoted favoritism and a lack of accountability, and management repeatedly failed to address serious concerns. If you are less experienced or don’t fit into the prevailing workplace culture, you may face consistent disrespect from coworkers. Despite raising these issues with management on multiple occasions, my concerns were dismissed. Rather than fostering a supportive environment, leadership allowed these behaviors to persist, eventually escalating to an incident where coworkers ganged up and harassed me. Management and HR sided with them because they covered each other. It was simply more convenient for leadership to blame one employee rather than a group. Work priorities were also misaligned. Tasks were expected to be completed quickly—often at the expense of quality care. I witnessed numerous instances where basic duties were neglected, such as trash left over from previous shifts or insufficient cleaning of residents. When I worked extra hard to cover for others, my efforts went unrecognized, and I was instead accused of wasting time with residents. Even when I requested assistance and ended up waiting around, I was again criticized for mismanaging my time. Despite receiving positive feedback from residents regarding the quality of care I provided, my boss never acknowledged this specifically. It was always about getting my work done quickly and independently in a team setting. Meanwhile, several of my coworkers sat around on their phones. For those considering employment here, I recommend carefully evaluating whether this culture aligns with your expectations for fairness, teamwork, and professional support.

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Brightview Senior Living Response
1y
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about your time at Brightview Senior Living Catonsville! We’re glad you enjoyed the residents, facilities, and meals, but we’re sorry that the workplace culture and management fell short of your expectations. We value your feedback on favoritism and accountability. If you’d like to share more, please contact Vicki White, our Director of Employee Relations, at (410) 962-0595. Thanks again for your insights, and we wish you the best in your future endeavors!
3.0
May 28, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Residents were nice, as well as some staff.

Cons

Managers come and go extremely quickly.

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Brightview Senior Living Response
3y
Thanks for your review about your experience working in Dining at Brightview Senior Living Danvers. We truly appreciate it! If you would like to discuss any of your concerns further, please visit www.ethicspoint.com or reach out to Vicki White, Director of Employee Relations, at (410) 962-0595.
2.0
Nov 7, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Residents are amazing and you learn a lot from working there. I had a really good experience the first couple years and had I was there and made a lot of life long friends!

Cons

The Bel Air community’s are not bad at all. The Perry hall community needs some work though, Dining director was amazing and a very hard working but the directors in the front office would hardly ever be seen on the floors and left way earlier then there scheduled shifts ended. Can’t get overtime. The Perry hall community states it’s an independent living community but it’s more nursing home type because sales workers are bringing in whoever they can find off the streets when occupancy is low and it made everything a lot harder for workers. I had no issues but I noticed that you better have been with the right people or you would have been involved in drama and talked about all of the community. Now for all the community’s I’ve worked at, I’ve see so many hard working, caring employees leave because there is literally no way to move up in the Company without knowing someone higher up. This company has changed so drastically since I started there years ago. It’s more corporate type now and before it was like a family and everyone knew each other and treated people with respect.

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