Great for Medical Experience/Clinical Hours...Less so for Appreciation and Fairness - Social Worker DaVita Employee Review

3.0
19 Dec 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

*Getting to work alongside some amazing and dedicated clinical teammates *Flexibility of work schedule (ex. working 4-10s, etc.) *Ability to build strong clinical relationships with long term patients

Cons

*There is little to no financial benefit of staying once you are fully licensed *Management often lacks understanding of the Social Worker role (resulting in lack of appreciation for their contributions in the clinic) *Many decisions are made (ex. changing Social Worker clinic locations, designating social workers as "float staff" after they are hired) without input or consultation from the social workers themselves *The DaVita M.O. of "do more with less" really impacts Social Workers. For example, leadership/management are constantly rolling out new projects and initiatives that have nothing to do with social work. Nonetheless, they expect Social Workers to take the lead on many of these initiatives without considering how this will affect their actual clinical role and work requirements. They continue to add responsibility, without taking any other duties away.

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Pros

-Work-life balance -Company culture -Supportive team -Good benefits -Meaningful purpose driven work -Career growth opportunities

Cons

-There can sometimes be a disconnect between frontline workers and upper management

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2.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Patient connections is rewarding work, great hands on experience, paid on the job training, training for PCTs is at least consistent.

Cons

12+ hour long hours, emotionally and physically taxing, unqualified management, poor communication, inconsistent scheduling, high turn over, very little amount of opportunity for movement within the company despite preaching that they encourage it. The culture and values are heavily spoken about with little to no enforcement. The position requires significant dedication to learn all the moving parts of the clinic.

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