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IRT Group

This place was a nightmare, to be honest. Management is clueless, and there’s a massive turnover rate. There’s no support, no empathy, and if you’re someone who works hard, don’t expect any rewards or incentives. If you’ve got any kind of personal challenges, like a disability, don’t expect much understanding. It’s like they’ve got a one-size-fits-all attitude and if you speak up, you’re labelled a troublemaker, and good luck moving up if you ever wanted to.

HR and upper management? Forget about it. They always side with the toxic managers, no matter how much proof you’ve got. The only good thing was the full remote work during COVID, but now they’ve gone hybrid, which just makes everything worse. They’re totally out of touch and only add to the toxic vibe here.

There’s also way too many managers who don’t seem to have the skills to actually help us in our roles. Meanwhile, the people on the ground are stretched thin, with an impossible workload and no extra pay to make up for it. If you’ve got any personal struggles, keep it to yourself because they’ll just use it against you when you try to grow or improve your skills.

Even after 6 years… There’s no goals, no incentives, no learning (even though they claim there is, but only if the manager approves), and no room to grow. They expect you to give them your all while they understaff and pile on extra duties without any extra pay. Their slogan is Integrity, Respect, and Trust, but I never saw those values in action.

The work itself is rewarding, especially helping out the ageing population, which was the only positive aspect in my job. But the management really drags everything down. The only thing I’ve really learned from this place is how to deal with toxic management. It’s been an experience I will never forget, and for all the wrong reasons.

New management totally ruined what was a good job. There rostering was abysmal, their attitude disgusting and I would not recommend working as an in-home care worker for them at all.

They expect you to travel miles from your home, slap extra jobs on you when you're just on your way out the door to get to your first client, and don't listen if you dare complain. And they also cut my hours, as well as that of other workers, with no explanation as to why.

They also stopped sending rosters out to clients which upset quite a few of mine.

The stress was enormous working under these conditions! IRT management are ignorant and all for profit, with no care shown to workers.

A typical work day consists of starting earlier then need be to ensure work is completed.  It is varied and is never the same each day.
I have learned to go with the flow and learn something new each and every day as we work under the RVA.
My managers are great but IRT have restructured and siloed the different departments in Qld and that is mainly due to a new lifestyle manager employed in Nov'16 Head office is in NSW which sometimes feels so disconnected to regional offices.
We now have at least 7 CEO's since the restructure

I work for IRT for 11years and the only good thing about it is the hard work staff on the floor. I don’t not how they get away with what they do. After 11 years I could not cop it any more they don’t care about there staff or residence our elderly deserte better. The executive staff should be ashamed of themselves they have no conscience, and are all over paid for a so call not for profit organisation.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Management were very reasonable & look after staff.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Having to deal with aggressive dementia clients. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Working with all types of personalities can be challenging 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Always very busy,with routines & tasks involved with general care of clients/ residents

Busy days with lots of driving, not paid the write amount for kms. Management is a little clueless and has favourites. Say you get bonuses for good work and completing online learning on time , never saw any though.
So many promises but nothing ever came about.
Clients were so much more difficult than any other place I have worked.
Big gaps between jobs, so your sitting in the car for periods of time.
Best part of the job is the salary packaging.

i worked with the IRT team  for approx: 4 years. 
i would have liked to have had more education and training in this time. 
my co-workers were a good bunch of people, we worked hard to maintain the adl's of our residents and to insure our residents had  a happy and cheery and clean enviroment. 
As for management- well lets just leave it at that.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Getting to know the residents .

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not enough staff and having to much of a heavy workload

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Back stabbing from. All angles

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Flat out busy. Trying to get everything done on your shift

sadly management is to blame for this badly run organisation. Care staff are genuine caring individuals who give everything to their role. Management do not appreciate the special qualities of staff. The  went from being a care facility to a financially focused environment.

To start off the day the workers put out the activities that are planned for the day and set up the kitchen to get all food prepared. The hardest part of the job was at it was multicutural it was hard to understand some clients and the most enjoyable part was seeing them smile and have fun.

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