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Barchester Healthcare

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General Managers get out now - General Manager Barchester Healthcare Employee Review

1.0
Jul 20, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They do offer a good wage for General Managers

Cons

Please do not get lured in by the money or your ego. The company is run by people who actively encourage bullying to the General Managers. The conference calls are awful and you will not be supported in any way. It’s not just the South Diversion that awful they are all the same. All the directors are bullies and their expectations are unrealistic. There is nothing but fear and intimidation in this company. They have been desperately trying to get their figures up to please the new buyers and get their fat bonuses and in the process killed all their staff. The endless abuse especially from your RD really is not worth it, they are no longer the best company to work for. There good name has been distroyed by these sick individuals in power. The good name of Barchester went out the window when the old COO left. What you have now is a circus and people in senior positions who are abusive and cruel. They scape goat their managers and take no responbility. This is all to look good, it’s an illusion. Please don’t be a fool and work anywhere else.

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Barchester Healthcare Response
7y
Providing the highest levels of care and support is what our success has been built on, so it’s incredibly disappointing to hear that you felt this was lacking when you worked here. We never want our people to feel uncomfortable or isolated, and we invest heavily in training for our managers. Whilst we don’t think your experience is common at Barchester, if it’s happening anywhere, it is unacceptable. We’d really appreciate it if you could please give us more details by emailing us, in confidence, at onlinefeedback@barchester.com

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I struggle to find anything positive to say anymore. Barchester used to employ superb people but they have all had enough and are leaving in droves. They used to have a brilliant reputation, the management structure was flat, everyone felt that they were part of something special. Not any more. It's all about profit now. Nothing else seems to matter to the current CEO.

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Barchester used to make the 25 Best Big Companies list every year. But they won't get it again. Staff no longer feel valued. Promises are made to new staff but it's all a con. Attrition rates are shocking. The Business School no longer exists and staff development is a joke as the company has slashed its L&D budget yet Barchester continues to claim that their career training is the best in the business. The current board and senior managers have established a hierarchical dictatorship akin to a 1980's corporation which seeks to treat its middle managers like mushrooms.

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