Pros
• Pick your own hours with the clients. • Friendly atmosphere.
Cons
• Unrealistic expectations with clients (especially the parents). They seem to cater to the parents, I get it because they are being paid by the parents. However, whenever a client didn't show, I was told not to charge for a "no-show" because apparently, "it is a skill we want them to develop, and we can't penalize them." When clearly the NFIL contract, it states that you can charge for a no-show after 15 minutes. • They do not allow coaches to be in contact with parents. As an educator, this is not acceptable. You must allow coaches to be in touch with parents so that they have a firsthand experience of what the coaches are seeing. I get that they are trying to remove any obstacles to coaching and they, "just want you to coach." But it turns into the game of "telephone" when you have a middleman. • Worked there for three years… Never got a raise. Even after being told I was doing a great job. At the other companies that I worked for, I got a yearly raise, at another company I even got a bonus at the end of the year. No such luck here. • There is sporadic professional development at best. They only provide one workshop a month and it is based on whatever the executive Director feels is "in" based on an article that she read, or a workshop that she's been to. • In-person coaching pay rate is the same as the online coaching pay rate. Is unacceptable as an in-person coaching rate needs to factor in the cost of travel, and the cost of gas. Although this may have changed in mid-2022 amid the high cost of gas. • They only offer work as 1099 as opposed to a W-2. At the end of every year, you'll get hammered in your taxes. I would recommend that you save 30% of every paycheck and throw it into an account and don't touch it until you get your tax bill. • There is practically zero diversity. Almost all the senior administrators and managers are white.