Working at DaVita in Sacramento, CA: 2 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Sacramento, CA Area

"This is not a good company to work for! Mandatory overtime daily, 18-20 hours, four days a week. The facility administrator will not respond to emails, text messages or voice messages. If you get sick because you are working too many hours, they make it difficult to call in sick. You not only have to call the scheduler, they have you call the clinical co-ordinator, who will try to convince you to work sick. I have only worked for Davita a few months, but have been told by RNs at two different hospitals that the Davita nurse dialyzing their patient collapsed during a treatment and a code was called. The schedulers are rude and lack any empathy for the nurses out doing the patient care. The have one goal. Assign a nurse to a patient. It does not matter how many hours the nurse has worked. Two of the schedulers are the daughters of the Regional Director. The daughters speak very condescendingly to all the nurses without fear of reprimand. I believe that Davita has a policy against nepotism. However, that policy obviously isn't followed. Bottom line is people do not matter to Davita, whether it is the patients or the nurses. Nurses working these long hours day after day are too fatigued to be safe. Working these long hours has definitely affected my health. I am one of those people who rarely gets sick and misses work. Since working for Davita, I have been sick twice and injured once. Money - that is the focus here. Making a profit. I am not against a business making a profit, but when that is the only focus the company is not being properly managed. People matter Davita."

What do you like about working at DaVita?

"I enjoy the environment and the customers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be confident, and go into this experience with an open mind and a willingness to learn new things."

What don't you like about working at DaVita?

"I enjoy it!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be a little more organized with employees who clock in and out."