Pros
The pay is above average
Cons
You dont get paid for holidays unless you take your own PTO. There is no compensation for drive time, even if its over 45 minutes each way. There is very little communication or training or access to materials for session use. My supervisor and the administrative staff would not answer texts or emails in a reasonably timely manner, or not at all. My supervisor constantly promised me materials but never delivered. There is very little training for BTs in general. There is a 40 hour, two week crash course to get certified but after that you are thrown to the wolves. The supervisors have weekly visits but teach very little and have little patience with those who do not speak the ABA jargon or have earned higher education degrees. Some of the methods used by BCBAs seem border-line abusive and unethical. When I refused to participate with these methods, I was given very little support by my supervisors. I was sidelined for a job when I asked for a schedule change to accommodate my college class schedule. I gave several months advance notice but was told, literally on my last day with my client, that they had no jobs for me at all unless I was willing to drive an extra two hours a day without compensation.