Pros
The teams at the state level are great, mainly because they were there pre-acquisition and Dungarvin as a parent company didn't have any say in them.
Cons
1. benefits - medical insurance is worthless. the current insurance most doctor's won't accept up front. but even in the past, the insurance has been subpar at best. 2. 401(k) - most states don't have matching. 3. they will ruin any efficiencies you may have had and instead force their parent company practices on your state that will cause double the work and cost your state extra money 4. the moment they feel like a state is pushing back (otherwise known as sharing ideas), they will work hard to shut it down little by little 5. they spend endless amounts of time in meetings that result in nothing being accomplished. They will act like the states have some say in what does or does not happen, but ultimately they don't take in consideration ideas of others. 6. the overhead at Dungarvin is insane! Being in a Medicaid funded field typically means you have to work within your means and learn how to be efficient with minimal cost. 7. they do not understand the concept of being person-centered. They are addressing recruiting as more of a national concept, when it really is a state-level concept because each state has slightly different needs and requirements not to mention each individual is different so you have to do your best to tailor to the needs of the individual. Dungarvin just says "all states will recruit for each other" resulting in mass hires and supervisors who don't even know what they're getting. Again, treating the business as if it is a department store.