Akari Care job reviews

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• Best thing

  Team I work with

  Worst thing

  Manager

  3.7

  Senior care assistant at Akari Care, April 2025

• Best thing

  •The residents
  •Making a change to their lives
  •Time 1/2 for bank holidays
  •Wagestream access

  Worst thing

  •Lack of seriousness when it comes to discipline and accountability for other members of staff
  •Bitchy, clique environments (ie, management vs carers)
  •Laziness from staff members
  •Lack of training (ie, Nourish)
  •Unpaid breaks (15 mins at 10:30, 30 mins at 2:30 and 15 {if you’re lucky} mins at 7:00) all on a 12 hour shift.
  •Unpaid sick time and made to feel lazy or unreliable when poorly
  •Manager seems to live on holiday, has been in work only a handful of times, yet declines others holiday requests (even though given months of notice for them)
  •9/10 always underpaid and then given excuses as to why your hours have been sent to the accountant wrong, yet never rectified and consistently being repeated.
  •No free lunch, and if you’re wanting a meal, it’s a cash only payment, which is no good if you only have card.
  •Complete lack of communication

  5.0

  Care assistant at Akari Care, May 2023

• Best thing

  Meeting The residents

  Worst thing

  Management
  Residents not cared for how they should be

  1.7

  Care assistant at Akari Care, February 2023

• Best thing

  The team I work with is amazing, I couldn’t recommend my workplace anymore. Management is always trying their hardest to make sure their staff are comfortable and doing well. They are really understanding concerned mental health and issues at home that may be affecting your ability to work.

  Worst thing

  I honestly couldn’t complain

  9.8

  Care assistant at Akari Care, November 2022

• Best thing

  You get paid time 1/2 for bank holidays

  Worst thing

  Work load

  5.0

  Laundry assistant at Akari Care, December 2021

• Best thing

  Helping others

  Worst thing

  Not enough time

  5.5

  Care assistant at Akari Care, July 2021

• Best thing

  Helping others

  Worst thing

  Death of people

  6.0

  Care assistant at Akari Care, June 2021

• Best thing

  Other Colleagues, residents I work with

  Worst thing

  Shift hours, pay, workload

  3.7

  Care assistant at Akari Care, March 2021

• Best thing

  The residents. I love helping them

  Worst thing

  We have that much extra to do we don't have time for breaks or to sit and spend quality time with residents. Most days we don't get our full breaks. We worry constantly that when we leave the floor the other carers are left in limbo. During covid I have had 2 hours added to my day because of public transport cuts. I live in jarrow. I leave the house at 6-15 am and get home at 9-45 pm. I am exhasted

  1.4

  Care assistant at Akari Care, January 2021

• Best thing

  Everything my residents mean the best to me I know when I walk out of my shift I have given good quality care for them

  Worst thing

  Low wage

  9.2

  Care assistant at Akari Care, January 2021

• Best thing

  It's easy

  Worst thing

  The people who run it

  1.3

  Chef at Akari Care, December 2020

• Best thing

  the residents

  Worst thing

  long hours, skipping breaks, need more staff

  1.7

  Care assistant at Akari Care, July 2020