WesleyLife Reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(94 total reviews)
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Rob Kretzinger

68% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

WesleyLife has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 94 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The WesleyLife employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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94 reviews
1.0
1 Oct 2019

Culture starts and ends at the top!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Mission - never doubt the power of the mission of WesleyLife. The story is steadfast and true. There are many dedicated employees who keep their heads down and work tirelessly to support their teams and residents.

Cons

The CEO needs to go. He has driven good people away, disparages them the minute they leave and replaces them with “yes men”. Anyone who speaks up or asks questions are quickly exited. When will the board recognize the turnover stems from his poor leadership. How many have left the corporate headquarters this year? Too many!

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WesleyLife Response
6y
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. We respectfully disagree with your assessment of our senior leaders and are quite proud of the work each of them contributes to the success of our organization, especially the CEO. The passion, integrity and commitment each has to our WesleyLife mission is extremely strong and they are here because of the purpose of the organization as well as their individual connection to it. They are each strong, faith-based leaders who love the organization and appreciate the impact they can have within it. To say anything other than that would simply be untrue and unfair. Our CEO and his direct reports are not about title or individual recognition, but rather are all about advancing the mission and ministry of our organization. There is a diverse background of talent and experience on the team as well as great pride in our ability to engage in healthy debate to reach the right decisions for the organization. Even as a faith-rooted organization, we must make difficult people decisions to ensure we have the right people in the right seats to do the work we want to do on behalf of the people we serve. That's what great organizations do and those decisions are not taken lightly. Each time we hire a new leader, we are looking to enhance the skills and the talent of our team. We cannot continue to advance our mission without continually improving so that we make our organization a great one. We do agree with you on the power of our mission and the dedicated team members we are blessed to have the opportunity to serve alongside. WesleyLife has stayed steadfast and has been incredibly successful as a non-profit senior living organization, and that will continue even as we navigate challenging situations.
1.0
4 Dec 2017
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Pros

Good benefits package, free parking and water.

Cons

Outside of the good benefits package and focus on living a healthy lifestyle, this organization is a disaster in every direction you look. Extremely high turnover and toxic leadership that trickles down to each employee. Don't be fooled by bells and whistles they may pitch you if you interview here. It's all smoke and mirrors until your first week when you realize you made a big mistake taking the job. The turnover is not due to their industry, their turnover is due to poor leadership and treating people like robots with no compassion or empathy for those who work so hard for their organization. This is masked by Facebook posts of glory and amazing housing and residents, but their employees are the ones who really suffer and none of that is seen until you take a job here. Read all the other negative reviews, you will hear a similar theme. Those who post anything positive are likely upper management who are the ones doing all the ugly behavior to those underneath them, or to try to salvage their laughable reputation. By far the worst job I have ever had and biggest career mistake I ever made. Find a work environment where you aren't just a number, your opinions matter, you have career advancement opportunities and you are treated like an actual human. Do your research and talk to those who work there or who have left. If you want any respect or career path, keep looking elsewhere. They should be embarrassed how awful they have treated so many good people who have worked so hard for them. Shame on you. As a Christian organization, don't forget who is watching and hearing your every lie and mistreatment of actual human beings. Those of us who were fired or quit know the truth of your leadership behavior....and it's a lot of us growing by the week.

1.0
15 Sept 2017
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Pros

The patients and coworkers are great.

Cons

They admit new patients daily but dont have the staff to cover them. You'll work 10 hour days Mon-Fri and weekends if you cant track down your people during the week. They work the field staff like dogs. Plan to drive to every side of town daily. And if you ever have a normal 8 hour-6 patient day dont expect it to look the same the next day. It changes daily. And even if you have 8 patients for the day you better have every piece of your paperwork done by midnight. Which means computer work every night for hours after working 9-10. I'm Looking for new job every day. They make it sound great and are always saying they are "hiring", "its going to get better soon" but it never does and all they care about is money here. For being such a "prestigious" company they dont run like one. People pay more for that but they won't get it. They are not at all professional or organized. I feel sorry for the patients, they never have enough home care aides to see them. This place cant keep staff because its so awful. Stay far away!!!!!!

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WesleyLife Response
8y
First, thank you for your comments. We certainly appear to have more things to work on. We have been working hard to fix our processes, hire the right team members (not just everyone who walks through our door) and keep a focus on our quality. Our recent decision to bring in an interim, experienced leader has been another step in the right direction for our services. We're seeing growth, we're seeing quality improvements, and we're experiencing higher levels of retention on the team than we have in the past year. So, the results would tell us we're gaining ground. Yet, we will be in constant improvement mode to make things better. I am excited about the plans for 2018. We have worked on a better foundation in 2017 and we've experienced a lot of change. All of that will pay off going forward. I - and all of the members of the team - refuse to give up on our efforts. And we'll be looking for lots of great people to help us. I would also like to address the issue of "profit" or making money. We must absolutely have an eye on the bottom line of the organization if we want to sustain our services and also serve more people. We have had to get clearer about measureable goals so that we can succeed. Where there is no margin, there can be no future services. We're committed to providing services far into the future - serving more people in more ways. We absolutely must balance that with our team and improve our ability to help the team see how they can contribute in positive ways - first and foremost to the experience of the client. Then, to the success of the organization. Your feedback, while not as positive as we would hope, is helpful to us to see where we need to continue to focus. And, as always, we wish you the best in your future success.
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