Exhausting, demoralizing and depressing. - Clinical Coordinator and FA DaVita Employee Review

3.0
Jun 22, 2014
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Pros

DaVita has a good leader in knowing finance and concepts. It will face its biggest challenges now that Obama Care came through. I believe it will make it through.

Cons

Senior management spews village concepts, presents some village concepts, however depending on which division you work for, the lower level managers may not be on the same page. It does not trickle down and senior management does not appear to care. Lot of double talk from lower Management( constantly spinning the truth does not make it true), lots of do not care what demands are put on teammates,(RN's can work for up to 20 straight hours in acute without a concern from the divisional leaders!) unacceptable expectations put on teams because of incorrect hiring. (no work/life balance) Really appeared to be work life balance only worked for those who did not really care about their team or care given. Rarely is there a philosophy of thanking teammates, it is usually just what was not done. Really beats up the team for morale. Abusive leaders are mostly not dealt with, the major picture are the numbers. Does their division get the numbers. Does not matter if you are killing the people getting those numbers, and they are quitting right and left. The turnover is unbelievable and I can not understand why there is not more investigation on the reason for turnover. The cost for training must be through the roof... what a loss of money when they lose so many good people. They do not like people who question things, even to understand, or that are not of the cookie cutter mold they want. It is an assembly line mentality. Much better environment in hospitals with people who get change and growth. If your opinion differs from what is wanted, don,t offer it up. Not appreciated. Honesty and Integrity are two of the core values, but management does not follow that. Much of this company is not what you know but who you know. You will find that people who know someone will be protected much past someone they do not like. Subjectivity appears to be lower managements strong suit and the HR department follows suit.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

Not being able to meet metrics due to patient cancellations

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1.0
May 18, 2026
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Pros

The local team was great. The FA was the best. She knows how to lead and to build a team. Helping the patients and their families was the best part. Knowing you were helping them improve their quality of life was very rewarding.

Cons

Upper management. All the executives care about is money. All management above the FA level was terrible. Always cutting your hours even though you were full time. People in charge that have absolutely no experience in healthcare. Management and executives who don't understand medicine and how healthcare works or should be. They bully, don't support, and try to find things to get you in trouble. They want the nurses to only use AI instead of thinking and doing what is best for the patients. When I started with DaVita, it was a great place to work. Since the business people took over at the top, it has gone downhill and is simply awful. I do not recommend working here.

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