Marie Curie Reviews

Pros

I love meeting new people and being part of a team

Cons

I hate shop lifters and argumentative people

Pros

Good charity to work for :)

Cons

Management higher up are not the best!!!

Advice to Management

Treat your shop staff like they matter

Pros

I love helping people especially when they need it the most

Cons

Terrible management, opinions not valued, staff don’t, wages are not in line with the nhs , no pay increase and work load is unbelievable. No breaks due to workload and only paid 8 hrs for 9 hr shift .

Advice to Management

Your staff in the homes are the face of mariecurie increase their wages and listen to their opinions

Pros

Good training and money, will promote from junior to fundraiser quickly if you are good

Cons

Hard work, you need to achieve target sign ups per day. Below this amount and you may lose the job.

Pros

humbling, worthwhile, rewarding, clients and familiies very greatful for our services

Cons

poor wage, lots of driving in all weathers, no base to use facilities etc

Advice to Management

fair pay inline with NHS

Pros

A Good cause , meet nice people

Cons

Pressure , work load lack of training and support rude managers

Advice to Management

Respect staff

Pros

good salary paid on time

Cons

very hierachal company, care assistants are told one thing then another, reminded every five minutes you are just a care assistant yet hardly any training and push you out to look after serioiusly ill and dying people with little support. if your face fits you will be okay but make one mistake and you will pay dearly, no flexibility and managment have no idea of the principals of community care and think it can be run...

Advice to Management

support your care assistants more, listen to them and stop dumbing them down, be more flexible with your approach

Pros

Helping people to be where they want to be at the end of their life and to have who they want with them. Helping and supporting families when a loved one has a terminal illness

Cons

Total waste of public donations on managerial whims and I wants. Poorly trained managers with no people skills. Too many highly paid contractors employed to carry out projects that often fail. Permanent staff taken for granted and expected to carry out more than one persons job and to work unpaid overtime which is reliant on the"goodwill"of the employee not paid for and never acknowledged. Complete lack of awareness...

Advice to Management

Take time out to look and really see how demoralized your staff are, ask yourself why so many long term employees are suddenly moving on. Advice to CEO - get rid of your "yes men" and wake up to what is really going on under your term of office