Atria Senior Living Reviews

After working at Atria Woodlands, my mental health has deteriorated and I have been struggling with severe depression. This is mainly due to poor treatment of employees, and poor treatment of the defenseless, handicapped, elderly. At the end of the day, Atria is a corporation and absolutely reflects the corporate model - bottom of the barrel paid employees doing the dirty work without a pat on the back, along with co workers who have been there for years (yet after a few shifts with them you wonder - how?) Over promised sale pitch from a condescending textbook used car salesman type that uses fabricated lies just to make commission, then the hourly salary employees have to deal with the backlash of residents families saying "this is not what I was promised". It's really quite sad because these people are spending thousands and thousands of dollars that are just going right into the higher ups pockets. The budget was cut and there was no substitute for proper programming and entertainment for the facility, which made the experience there worse (but their pockets fatter!) There is a certain director displaying inappropriate behavior and making vulgar comments about anatomies of certain residents, laughing about it. Using being hung over as an excuse for rude and crass behavior. Other poor and unprofessional behavior consists of assuming the worst of you from the beginning without reason - being witness to bullying and not addressing it. Abandoning their team when theyre supposed to be helping. Constantly will say one thing, then days later will say another and act like they never said the original statement (always to suit them of course) without any kind of consequences. I'm wondering if someone who volunteered the information that they have anger issues and no patience, should be working with cognitively impaired seniors? I don't think so. Hiding and covering up poor treatment and conditions for innocent 90 year olds rather than trying to fix them, or laying blame on the people under them. There is no sense of team work at this facility and no consequences for poor behavior. This also rings true - Atria's HR is there to protect ATRIA, not their employees. So don't bother sticking up for yourself or reporting abuse or misconduct, because you will be considered a liability and something else that needs to be hidden or silenced. Understaffed because the higher ups at corporate dont want to give out another measley paycheck. There is no concern for their residents, only concern for - how can we rip these people off? Sad. After what I have seen at Atria Woodlands, I am now absolutely certain I would never put my own parents into any kind of senior living facility. I can't subject them to being neglected, abused, and taken advantage of. Heartbreaking.