Pros
1. The clients. Yes, at times it is hard but watching their progress is an indescribable feeling. To know that you are a part of and get to witness a clients' growth and success, makes it all worth it. .... till you burn out. 2. The very rare occurrence of working directly with a coworker you respect, enjoy, and can rely on.
Cons
1. Burn out 2. CEO will seem like a great guy but you will slowly learn he is a clueless POS who screams at employees, makes unrealistic promises, has zero follow through, and fosters a toxic company culture. He will never actually implement a scholarship program or financial assistance for those enrolled in BCBA programs, he will never provide behavior specialists with health care. General rule never believe anything that comes out of his mouth. IF you do, be prepared for disappointment. 3. Horrible upper management including HR. Highly recommend keeping all personal matters to yourself. Do not disclose aspects of your personal life such as mental health diagnoses; it will eventually be used against you. It is not worth it because you will never be granted or have access to reasonable accommodations. 4. Constantly increasing billable hour quotas. If you have clients that tend to cancel sessions for tardiness, illness, covid, vacation, etc., regardless, you are still expected to meet monthly expectations no matter what 5. Exponentially high turn overrate 6. Unethical clinical and management practices 7. Training is an absolute joke. If you are a behavior specialist, you will be thrown into the lions den right away with little to no support. You will be overwhelmed, mad, nervous, and unsure of what to do, and that's not your fault, but it will be treated as such. If you are a supervisor, you will have to deal with everything that comes from a poorly trained specialist including you being responsible for providing intensive one-on-one training during and outside of sessions. You will be assigned an unethical number of clients on your caseload. They will likely start you off with a lower caseload, approximately 8-10 clients, then continuously (and often rapidly) increase your caseload (up to 15-30 clients). This will cause an increase in daily workflow, communication with families and staff and management. Expecting five days of 10+ hour days one week, then the next week bill a total of 10 hours. 8. Fake company culture 9. Poor client assignments. Little to no effort is put into at least attempting to schedule clients who are all in the same area. Expect to spend hour(s ) in your car a day.
