Does Spectrum Retirement pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Spectrum Retirement employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Spectrum Retirement. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Spectrum Retirement?

29% of Spectrum Retirement employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Spectrum Retirement 2.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.3 for culture and values and 2.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Spectrum Retirement?

Concierge (20) , Server (19) , Executive Director (8) , Sales Director (8) , Business Office Manager (5) , Resident Assistant (5) , Sales (5) , Accountant (4) , Director (4) , Director of Community Relations (4) , Sales Representative (4) , Certified Nursing Assistant CNA (3) , Community Relations Coordinator (3) , DIRECTOR of FUN (3) , Director of Dining Services (3)

What are the pros of working at Spectrum Retirement according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with" ((in 12 reviews)); "great residents and staff." ((in 10 reviews)); "Great Team Members and Residents!" ((in 9 reviews)); "Free espresso and cookies and a meal a day." ((in 7 reviews)); "Pay is comparable for the industry but the benefits have been excellent, particularly for full" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Spectrum Retirement according to real employee reviews?

"All about the bottom line and low pay." ((in 14 reviews)); "There’s no work life balance." ((in 6 reviews)); "Leadership is grossly detached from reality and does not trust the people on the ground in the community." ((in 6 reviews)); "Upper management is horrible." ((in 5 reviews)); "Working here had its ups and down the managers where unprofessional I had money from my check gone because of my boss not doing her job it's a good job but the pay was bad I was very over worked I knew I was but I kept coming because I enjoyed the people of i can make a change to help out former co workers it will be to raise the pay and get better training I trained people there and I was taught well but some of the my co workers was just put out there basically learning off of watching others I felt like the manger and a server I was very overwhelmed but overall this place would be good if we get better more caring managers who show the same work athectic as the workers I've been there for a year and never was told thanks I hated it it was a lot of favoritism and showed very well when coprate did come that's the only time that showed us appreciation" ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Spectrum Retirement redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Spectrum Retirement redundancy and their outlook for job security at Spectrum Retirement in 2026.

Spectrum Retirement Reviews

2.3

29% would recommend to a friend

(300 total reviews)

John Sevo and Jeff Kraus

30% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

2.7

Diversity and inclusion

2.7

Compensation and benefits

2.6

Work/Life balance

2.3

Culture and values

2.3

Career opportunities

2.1

Senior management

Spectrum Retirement has an employee rating of 2.3 out of 5 stars, based on 300 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Spectrum Retirement employee rating is 33% below average for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

Reviews by job title

300 reviews

1.0

13 May 2019

Truth about Spectrum- good until it’s not!

Sales director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Pros are the residents and families you get to work with and help everyday! Some great team members and a nice pretty atmosphere in the buildings.

Cons

This company has gone so far away from what they were when I first started with them 3 1/2 years ago. I loved my job and excelled as one of the highest sales performers in the company. As new management moved in, things started to change and I chose to leave. Well this is when you learn the real truth about the integrity of this company. I resigned with a 30 day notice as their policy states you must do in order to be paid out. If given less it states you wouldn’t be paid out. That was a joke! You aren’t getting paid out either way! I left them with 5 pending move ins, never stopped selling even though I knew I wouldn’t be paid on those or even a month of bonuses before that. They pay you bonuses and notice I didn’t say commissions, as when new leadership came in, they changed the terminology to say bonuses so it can be taken away at any given time. Well if you’re a top performer, you know we wouldn’t work for a company at their base rate, we work for the bonuses/commissions. I left my building with 5 pending move-ins when I gave my resignation. I figured they would be happy with that. Even though I didn’t expect to be paid on two months of move ins, I did anticipate Spectrum to pay me my 30 days salary that I was willing to work, which also included my next bonus to be paid out within that timeframe. Well this is how it was handled. They said I was relieved of my duties and could leave. They will pay me two weeks of my 30 day notice rather than the 30 days and would not pay the last bonus check that was to be paid out. Mind you, this is their policy that I did adhere to the exact letter. Well not only did they not hold up that end of the bargain, I received my last check today. They didn’t pay me the two weeks promised either. It was PTO only. In the course of all of this, I have reached out numerous times to get questions answered and the HR won’t even call me back. I have not received an exit interview, nothing to let me know when my benefits for insurance are terminated. They like to post positive reviews to push any negative reviews to the bottom so be ready for all the positive reviews to come. I can assure you, the things I saw in this company are far from professional and right down appalling. I loved my job and excelled at it! Nobody can take my integrity away! They wanted to be shady so I thought it was only fair to share my experience so others can be enlightened on the truth. I’ve worked for other senior living communities and they always paid me out what I had earned. Be careful with this company and when planning your exit with them.

1.0

21 May 2022

High Level Toxicity Alert

Human resources

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Zero pros to share. I encourage anyone considering working for this company to really think about what they are looking for in their culture, environment, and expectations from leadership in any role you are in. High turnover for a reason - including at the corporate level. The CEO sets the tone for how poorly this company is run and it all flows downstream. If you are looking to quickly move up in a company this may be good for you, as the turnover is so high that you may receive promotions quickly because corporate and facility leaders either walk out or are fired pretty quickly.

Cons

Can't stress enough the level of toxicity oozing from this place. People are treated so poorly at every level of this company it is actually disgusting. There is yelling, use of fear tactics to motivate teams to work beyond reasonable expectations, discrimination, favoritism, untrustworthiness of all employees, so much drama, anxiety, and depression in the corporate office. The best thing that happened was forced work from home during COVID lockdown which was a welcome relief from going into office. This is all from the HR lens. My advice ... don't do it, because you deserve better!

1.0

6 June 2022

Corporate office is a joke

Activities

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The residents are why you work here. That is literally it.

Cons

Corporate office has no clue what they are doing. They don’t trust EDs or department heads to do their job correctly, constantly interfering with day to day stuff that they should let the people they hired to manage manage, and trying to be the cutting edge in senior living without giving the appropriate recourses or education to staff, then lecturing department heads when rollouts are botched because cooperate doesn’t know what they’re doing. These people who get salaries have never worked a day in one of these communities but want to dictate hiring practices, budgets, rules and regulations without having a trace ammoint of knowledge as to how those rollouts will actually affect day to day operations. If you’re going to hire directors to run departments, let them run departments. Don’t strip hiring power away from EDs. Don’t give commands to activities but no budget for said demands. Don’t switch marketing software without plans in place and proper education. Don’t hire people if you aren’t going to trust them to do their jobs. Don’t be in a corporate position overseeing people doing jobs you could never do for an hour let alone every day. Not to mention the complete lack of empathy from corporate HR nor the fact that communities don’t have someone strictly for HR they hire accountants and make them serve as HR with no training and wonder why everyone feels they have no support from management. They’re just a management company that only cares about money; residents, employees, and common sense are not of concern for the executives. Only how little they can pay, how much they can charge, and how much they get paid. Don’t more your family into a spectrum community and DEFINITELY don’t work here. You will just be a number to them, they’ll milk you for all you’re worth, and the moment you say they aren’t doing things right you’re terminated. And not rehireble

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Jobs at Spectrum Retirement

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Palos Heights, IL

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USD 31K - USD 40K /yr

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Concierge - Part Time

Dishwasher- Part Time