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Barchester Healthcare
Why does Barchester Healthcare get a rating of 5.8?
Based on 95 job reviews, employees tell us the following about Barchester Healthcare
- Enough training
- Good for parents
- Easy to book holiday
- Good choice of shifts
- No short notice shift changes
- People are paid enough
- Opportunities to progress
- Managers are respectful
- No unpaid extra work
- Well informed about head office
- Not easy to change shifts
- Not easy to take sick leave
- Breaks aren’t paid
- People don’t get proper breaks
- People don’t recommend their team
- Less than 4 weeks notice of shifts
- Head office doesn’t understand the frontline
- People feel stressed
- People are paid below market rates
- People don’t get sick pay
Based on 95 job reviews
About
Barchester Healthcare is a care group. They operate care homes and assisted living locations.
Pay ranges
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£8.43–9.41 per hour
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£15.50–20.89 per hour
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£9.46–10.23 per hour
Handy to know
How much notice do people get of their shifts?
Based on 94 employees
What contracts are people on?
Based on 89 employees
How often do people get paid?
Based on 90 employees
How are people paid?
Based on 95 employees
Featured Barchester Healthcare job reviews
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Best thing
I enjoy chatting and listening to the people which live in the care home.
I work with some great people there, I enjoy chatting and working with them.Worst thing
Not doing a good job, because we are not given enough time or staff to do the job correctly.
Seeing residence unhappy and not having the time to spend with them to support them.Care assistant, November 2020
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Best thing
I love been a carer and looking after patients . I love interacting and seeing them progress and some go home .
Worst thing
I feel we aren’t praised enough and rewarded enough it always seems to be the same people that get rewarded when we do so much .
Employee, March 2021
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Best thing
We work incredibly hard, it’s a very rewarding place to work, the friends you make last a lifetime.
Worst thing
Usually not enough staff or hrs, leading to stress amongst staff.
Head of Housekeeping, December 2020
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Best thing
The colleagues I work with and the residents I look after are all the best people
Worst thing
The pay, the hours and working weekends
Employee, March 2021
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Barchester Healthcare ranks joint 52nd to work for in Best care companies to work for in the UK
- 45= The Richmond Fellowship Scotland
- 52= Barchester Healthcare
- 52= Runwood Homes