Behavioral Learning Network reviews about "training"

Never told you what you were getting into before you excepted the client, HR never listens to your side of the story (document everything from the beginning to the end), training is sometimes not sufficient when covering another client, you will get hurt a few times in this job, will have you drive very far for a client

Lack of proper training, needs more shadowing, less micro managing.

- Supervisors have monthly performance review meetings that last two hours, in which you are given scores for clinical and administrative performance. While having high standards is a good thing, micromanaging supervisors is not. - Supervisors are expected to cover the BT/RBT session if there is a callout and no coverage could be found. Even if you had pre-arranged meetings to attend. Yet you were still expected to meet your required monthly billables. - Supervisors were expected to be available from 7am to 7pm, and although “making your own schedule” is listed as a benefit- you don’t actually have control over what clients you get and what their availability for session is. So even if you don’t want to be in session until 7pm, if you get a client assigned with 5-7pm sessions, too bad. And yes, during regular school year with school clients, you are starting at 7am consistently. - Leadership does not believe in burnout, and has suggested to supervisors that if they just “stopped talking about burnout” that it would alleviate. Leadership will not accommodate you or be open to suggestions to alleviate burnout either if you have them. - The company will actively take on new clients and assessments, even as existing clients are understaffed. - The company is very resistant to discharging a client, even if the family/client meets discharge criteria outlined in the company service agreement. - The required monthly billable is 120, plus 10 hours of non-billable meetings per month, plus drive time, plus administrative work. Good luck. - The large/Whole Group supervisor meetings are monthly, and most of the time involve trainings on basic skills (Token Economy, DTT, Simultaneous Discrimination Training). For BCBAs who have been with the company a while or who are already trained on these topics, it’s an inefficient use of time. For brand new people, it’s valuable. - RBT staff turnover is high and leadership is not open to suggestions from supervisors in group meetings on how to reduce turnover. Instead leadership will basically throw their hands up in the air and say “there’s a lack of say-do correspondence for RBT staff” and move on to other topics.

Little to no training, not guaranteed hours, burnout rate high

Sometimes having a reduction in hours around school breaks but the people I interviewed with told me this prior to being hired and scheduling was very communicative if this was going to happen.

Micromanaging from supervisor, made an already difficult job even tougher. The guidance is nice but sometimes too much.

I feel cheated. I went into this thinking it would be a full time job. To me in my mind full time means 35 to 40 hours of work. To then a minimum of 30 is considered full time but be aware that this is including your drive time. So say you work 29 with clients but have an hour and a half of drive time that week then it gets you the 30. If a client cancels you better hope someone calls out so you have coverage because you will not be paid otherwise. Their probation period of 120 days seems lengthy to me. Be aware that for holiday pay you only get paid 6 hours not an 8 hour day. My experience was that I had two clients, with a 3 hour gap in between. Then the morning clients schedule changed so I I lost that client. I did not get a new morning client for 3 weeks. Partly due to waiting on authorization. However I feel they could have offered me overlaps or something because living off of 12 hours a week is not sustainable. Also keep in mind that you cannot contribute to the 401k till after a year and there is no PTO. I went into this thinking it would be great opportunity but I feel I was conned.