jeanie vargo

I'm writing this as an ex employee. Not about most of the workers, the the company that bought us out at tge end of 2023: Tranquility. What a bunch of malarkey the management gave us. It's gonna be better, we're going to fix things, spruce the place up, get rid of all agency personnel which is more cost effective and affords better care.. As the newly crowned Sales & Marketing Dir, I (we all) thought it was going to improve the lives of our residents and help us as well. About a month into the new year they fired our Ex Dir and brought Dan Washburn in who either is a yes man or a corporate henchman. I got 6 people in there as residents and had about 7 more wanting to come immediately. Not all of them would've signed on, but I was working it. First of Feb we're told some changes are going to happen. Cut costs. First I was told I would go back to being receptionist as I was prior to my promotion. But every day the scenario changed. Ended up several of us were laid off, they're shutting down the Independent Living Cottage making all those people move pretty quickly. Independent Living people didnt pay as much rent as Skilled Nursing people or Assisted Living does They gave no severance pay, they didn't pay me the commission I originally was told I would get for putting "heads in the bed" as Tranquility called it. I'm owed about $600. They didn't really want most of us to even file for unemployment. But they legally couldn't stop that. Tranquility is based in Hickory, NC. The owners/managers care nothing for people at all. The bottom line, as usual, is only money. I had hoped to work there till the cows came home. But sending someone like Dan, your errand boy, as an Exec Dir is an insult!! I miss the residents and am so sorry my friends at the Independent Living had to move. I wish Gene, Steve and all the rest of corporate had been honest from the start. I will say the IT guys were great.