Good Potential Overall, Bad Personal Experience - Anonymous employee DaVita Employee Review

No 401k match, misleading PTO (they tie in holidays with your PTO, so beware), confusing department names that make no sense to anyone coming in from the outside (this adds stress and difficulty learning a new role at DaVita). Though I didn't necessarily experience it first hand that often, other employees were continuously complaining about lack of work/life balance. The turnover rate was pretty high in our department (longest tenure was around 8 years; after that 1-3 years). I also felt the onboarding was severely rushed, which left out some important information that I would have liked to know before I accepted the position. That is partially my fault though. I had a bad experience particularly with my manager, and not so much with DaVita as a whole. I liked most aspects of working at DaVita. My manager essentially ruined whatever career path I may have had at DaVita after only 6 months, because I expressed other career interests that I was hoping I could merge with my current role in the future. He did not like this, and, instead of helping me achieve these career goals, chose to systematically destroy my reputation with my team by speaking ill about me to them every chance he got. Ultimately, I got tired of being the black sheep in the group and sought employment elsewhere. I'm not sure how other groups operated (they mostly seemed pretty happy), but ours operated like a frat/sorority house. It was very cliquish and, at times, unprofessional. If you weren't one of the "cool" kids, you were ostracized from the group by being left out of group outings. My manager was one of the most unprofessional individuals I ever worked for. He seemed like a decent enough guy, he just displayed a lot of unprofessional tendencies while I worked for him. DaVita is a place of business, not your own personal social club. Keep it professional!