Gentiva Wants to Hear Employees: Five Year Wait

StrangeTony,

President of Kindred at Home David Causby,, former Gentiva Chief Operating Officer, wants to hear from employees for the first time since Gentiva acquired Odyssey Hospice in 2010.  Causby announced Kindred at Home will conduct an employee survey.

I expect they will get an earful, given Gentiva's abusive management practices and years with no raises, interrupted by an occasional pittance of an increase. 

This survey will be the baseline for most former Odyssey Hospice employees.  How does one take five years of horrific management and distill it in one survey instrument?  That will be the challenge for many. 

There's also the question of how the survey fits within Causby's series of special bonus opportunities, one $500,000 and two $250,000 chances?  If the results are less than flattering what consequences await those who share their longstanding concerns?  Gentiva leaders are well known for retaliation, as evidenced by many comments on Generic Hospice and GlassDoor

Anyone raising concerns are labelled troublemakers, negative and are encouraged to leave, if not fired.  A survey is coming from a man whose history showed he couldn't care less about employees.  Kindred acquired a company with entrenched Human Abuse practices.  Will they dismantle this sick culture or reinforce it?  It will be interesting to see.

Anonymous (from Gentiva Hospice, now owned by Kindred)

2014 Good Year for Kindred Executive Raises

StrangeTony,

Kindred's definitive proxy statement revealed 2014 to have been a good, frankly great year for executive pay as it increased an average of 27%.  Did Generic Hospice give you a raise anytime in the last five years?  Gentiva was particularly stingy in this arena, frequently refusing to adjust pay while increasing workload and job responsibilities.  It may be good news that Kindred purchased Gentiva.  Their pay pockets appear to be looser. 

Anonymous (from Gentiva - a Kindred company)