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Capitol Autism Services

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Its a tough job. - Behavior Technician Capitol Autism Services Employee Review

3.0
15 July 2017
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Pros

I enjoyed working with the kids and their families! The majority of my supervisors were awesome to work with as well.

Cons

Low pay. I got my college degree during my employment and only received a dollar raise, doing the same job high schooler graduates do. Not a lot of opporutnities to move up in the company. When I put in my two weeks notice, I was met with a lot of passive aggression from the people higher up. This was a great job while I was still a student, but I couldn't be expected to stay there forever, especially as a college graduate only receiving 15$ an hour. HR was "attempting" to get me to stay but didn't seem willing to actually do much, like give me a raise. This job is emotionally taxing. It can be super fun but it's definitely tough. It's very easy to wear yourself out, especially working full time. I'm very sad to be looking for another job. I wish they would care and compensate their employees more. This position is very replaceable, and they definitely treated us like that.

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5.0
27 Sept 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Love it there and pay was great!

Cons

Benefits but amazing staff anf great work atmosphere

4.0
7 Jan 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very rewarding, kids are mostly fantastic and the improvement/interactions you see with these kids makes it worth while! These kids warm your heart and being an advocate for them and changing their lives will make anyone love this job. You also almost always have support in your classrooms which is VERY helpful.

Cons

Training makes this job seem easy breezy. I promise you it’s not. Even with tons of experience you are never fully prepared for this job. It is a fantastic and rewarding job and it fills your heart with love and the kids are mostly great and you grow to love them. However you are dealing with lower functioning kids with pretty severe behaviors most of the time which include hurting themselves and/or YOU! It can also be super overwhelming at times. Joining the school I could of only assumed what it would be like but they make it seem a lot easier and chill than it actually is (it’s not). The turn over rate is pretty bad, most people don’t stay there longer than a year if that and we are constantly understaffed. The pay should be a lot better for the amount of work you do but it is what it is. I’m not trying to scare you BUT I’m trying to be honest with what this job actually entails because no one else will.

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