Don't work here - Anonymous employee Sheppard Pratt Employee Review

1.0
16 Mar 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You may encounter a competent, helpful, friendly coworker once in a while

Cons

Where to start? -Most, if not all, locations are incredibly short-staffed -Most, if not all, locations have difficulties providing some basic services. -Some locations have difficulties providing services that are required by law via IEPs. That's right, Sheppard Pratt sometimes doesn't perform services for their patients that they are legally required to perform. -The overwhelming majority of staff should not be allowed near children due to their negligence, apathy, lack of knowledge, utter absence of patience, absence of professionalism, and absence of any sense of humility. -Harsh Trivedi showed up to a town hall with the board of directors, all of them coming in separate chauffeured Lincolns -Harsh Trivedi then told staff that the organization lost an insane amount of money recently -.....AND THEN he says that the organization will be SPENDING that same amount of money AND A LOT MORE.... -Guess what they're spending the money on? More staff? Maybe not more staff, but maybe better more qualified staff that we can't afford to hire at current wages? More access to the legally required services? NOPE They're spending that amount of money on renovations to the already beautiful state-of-the-art towson hospital. -Harsh Trivedi also seems to think that spending money on a "thank you video" for staff is a better investment than actually paying the staff more. -Then he got combative when it was pointed out to him that he's clearly demonstrating that has no idea what happens in his organization outside the board room, and he really doesn't have any interest either. -It all starts at the top. If your CEO is tone deaf and naïve about his own company, its probably not a good sign.

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Sheppard Pratt Response
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We're glad to hear that you found our benefits package valuable and felt supported by your colleagues and resources available. We also appreciate your feedback regarding part-time opportunities and continue to evaluate role structure across the organization to best meet both staffing needs and employee flexibility. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors!
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Sheppard Pratt Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. These concerns are taken seriously and will be shared with the appropriate internal leadership teams for review. We also want to clarify that Sheppard Pratt does not remove reviews from Glassdoor or other review platforms, as moderation decisions are managed by the platform itself.
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