Working at AACRES: 9 AACRES Reviews
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Literally the WORST company I've ever worked for
Direct Support Professional (Former Employee) - Vancouver, WA - April 21, 2022
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The most useful review selected by IndeedI'll never go back and work for a place that pratically neglects their clients. You're not actually hired to help your clients. You're hired to babysit
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No respect for employees, little care for clients
Direct Support Professional (Former Employee) - Vancouver, WA - March 10, 2022
Full time, and at times FORCED overtime if your replacement did not come. For those that wanted overtime, they were often limited in how much extra they could take---even when extremely understaffed. Long (paid) training period and promise of extra training for 'tough' clients, but additional training never happened. Often led to improper care for those clients. Many were allowed to fall back into bad habits because of this and made the care situation more stressful for everyone.Would shift employees around without notice, contributing to the situation above and also forcing clients away from caretakers they had become comfortable with.Managers completely ignored the availability and general area I personally said I could work with, then would be belligerent when problems arose because of this. Were very disrespectful to me and my time, but still attempted to guilt-trip me out of quitting.I can only attest to my personal treatment being poor, but many of my coworkers related similar disrespect from the managers.
Pros
Good coworkers, "Easy" work depending on the client, Good trainers
Cons
Insufficient training, Extremely poor management
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Exhausting
Direct Support Professional (Former Employee) - Olympia, WA - January 30, 2022
This place will work you to the bone if you allow them to. Under staffed but plenty of opportunity for OT.
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Way below average
Transportation Coordinator (Former Employee) - Tacoma, WA - December 6, 2021
This company is the laughing stock of assisted living programs for clients with disabilities. The management constantly finds a way to make clients and DSP’s feel consistently unappreciated. Their procedures for a Covid-19 were non existent until clients started to literally die. And the compensation for staff is deplorable. If you’re thinking of working here there are many on other companies that are far superior. Avoid this place.
Pros
None
Cons
No breaks, bullying, unethical practices
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Poor management!
Caregiver/Personal Assistant (Current Employee) - 5709 W Sunset Hwy - September 30, 2019
Aacres wasn’t a pleasant experience for me. Didn’t have a stable position and was moved around constantly. They weren’t trying to work with any of my simple request. Also the Management was rude to me and many other associates. Do not recommend!
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Not a good company, limitation is a key factor as well as short staffing
Direct Support Professional (Current Employee) - 5229 n a st - July 6, 2019
Hard to deal with the work, limitation is a key factor. It’s ran very poorly and is often time difficult to deal with as well as difficult to get ahold of supervisors
Pros
Social skills
Cons
Overworked
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don't do it.
Behavioral Therapist (Former Employee) - Washington 3 different offices 50 miles apart - August 22, 2018
The company hasn't been shut down by the state yet, I have no idea how or why. The clients are treated like animals, the DSP's range from barely human to amazing, with no consistency. They hire people for jobs but train them for other jobs and there is literally no balance.
Pros
great pay
Cons
watching human beings be treated like animals
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take the good with the bad
staff (Former Employee) - at aacres - November 22, 2016
It is what it is. Very thankful for the opportunity.
But over the last 5 years there has been way too much turnover.
Corporate doesn't listen. People seem to be set up for failure.
Staff in homes and in the local offices are wonderful hard workers!!
The people served are the BEST!
Pros
amazing people!!
Cons
horrible benefits, disconnect between corporate and site locations
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Decent place to work
Staff (Former Employee) - Washington - January 5, 2013
Decent place to work but lacks opportunities for development as well as the support and technology one needs to do their job well. The agency is expanding although no one really understands where we are going, what the expectations are, or what the next steps will be. Management seems to use a style that emphasizees control and punishment more than building teams and motivation to succeed; but then again, without the support and technology these would be hard to use anyway. The work is challenging due to the clients we work with and is made even that much more challenging by the culture. Current mangement is unlikely to have the skills to bring the company to using more efficient practices.
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1.4 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance
1.9 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits
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1.7 out of 5 stars for Management
1.5 out of 5 stars for Culture