Pros
Fellow therapists are kind and welcoming (although you are alone typically at the school you serve). Additionally, there are some truly knowledgeable and wonderful CF supervisors. I work with great school staff (that work directly for the districts that Sidekick is serving) who I love to collaborate with.
Cons
This company prides themselves in stating how much they “care about their employees” however all of their actions prove otherwise. Therapists (the ones who line their pockets) clearly do not matter at all to this company. They do not want good therapist, they just want numbers. They time and time again show how they care about themselves and money over what is best for the clients we serve. The job description that was sold in the interview process to numerous employees is vastly different from the actual job and expectations. Policies, job description, and duties were constantly added/changed after the contract was signed. Management has yet to take ownership for their errors/miscommunications/mistreatment. They are manipulative. They turn everything around and tell you it was your fault and make it seem like you are doing something wrong rather than apologizing for communication errors on their end. Extremely rigid expectations/hypercritical. I feel that I have less freedom as a therapist than I did when I was in graduate school. I am consistently micromanaged, this is NOT a laid back place to work. I HIGHLY CAUTION NEW GRADS: they offer a really appealing job in the interview and then do not follow through on their word. If you work here, get everything they say in writing because they are constantly going back on their word. They prey on CFs fresh out of graduate school with predatory recruiting tactics and misleading advertising. Multiple CF employees were promised an 8-10% raise after one year, but were instead met with no raise at all or pay cuts. Not only was the raise not provided but they blamed their therapists for not being “productive enough” as the reason for the pay cuts/no raise. Many factors that are entirely out of the therapists role affect productivity. Higher ups have been telling multiple employees that they cannot discuss their salary with each other, which is illegal (check the National Labor Relations Act). They claim they don't have enough money to adequately pay their therapists but they have enough money to have fancy and expensive holiday parties, hire multiple tech employees to create new systems, and pay people to micromanage and STALK therapists notes/calendar to tell you your notes are wrong. Higher ups show no desire to change their ways or grow. Higher ups are not held accountable for mistakes. I would never recommend this job to another SLP. There is a reason for the extremely high turnover rate.