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Avoid like the Plague - School Based Therapist Stronger Oregon Employee Review

1.0
21 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Best part of working here is leaving. Now I am so grateful for the organization I am at.

Cons

It should say something when the CEO writes a Glassdoor for his own company and responds to reviews and calls people "play the victim." Which is the same way complaints are managed within the company. There is no formal grievance process, no clear postings are sharing of BOLI and other reporting information. Just the employee telling the CEO and will most likely get fired are get called "playing the victim" Everything. After waiting 6 months for "credentialing" (somehow, it's only Stronger Oregon with that problem. Hmmmm) I finally started. During those 6 months had little to no communication and start date changed several times. Once I FINALLY started, within 3 months had every aspect of my job change. Health insurance, hour expectations, case load requirements, and so many policies I can't keep track of. The CEO will literally change a policy based on his mood that day. And his mood changes a LOT. Oh, he didn't like your email you sent him? oops, now you lost access to your email and a new policy is created limiting email use. When I left he switched the way policies were documented so he could change anything he wanted at any time. Speaking of which, the company doesn't provide any sort of equipment you need. Computers, cell phones, you name it. Are all required that you use your personal equipment and no reimbursement. BUT, they do give you a locking bag for documents that you will never use and a badge made on bad printing paper you will also never use. With two months of being hired they changed my health insurance without telling me. I only found out AFTER I tried to see a doctor and they said my insurance isn't active. When I reached out to HR found out they changed it and was never informed. I was required to input my hours every week. Frequently, they would not pay all the hours I imputed and not say anything. I would have to look at my paycheck and compare it. When questioned, they would require an account of how every hour was spent. Then they will require a "one on one" to make sure you are "within compliance." However, it is really them that needs to be in compliance with Oregon labor laws. They frequently withhold peoples last paychecks, withold paid hours, and fire people if they don't tell Josh how amazing he is every second. Seriously, if you don't tell CEO how great he is, or apparently don't leave a good glassdoor review, will fire you and leave your clients with no therapist. The ONLY concern they have is billable hours and have NO consideration for clients or clinician ethical obligations. This is especially seen with people's last few weeks of notice and they will cut it short if they aren't meeting productivity or even think they won't make productivity. They measure productivity every week. There is close to no leadership. It is CEO, his 3 executive assistants (still, how does anyone need that) and one medical director for entire 200+ clinicians, and maybe a couple other people. He has one assistant for "clinician productivity" one for "payroll/billing" and one for his own scheduling. CEO only wants to hear how great he is all the time and how great all his ideas are. If you don't comply, smile, and nod, you will be fired without question. No warning. Clinicians would check their schedule one day and notice CEO canceled all their clients for the day and scheduled a one on one with him. then BAM. Fired and your clients don't have a clinician and they won't provide them with any resources. They say they will "figure it out" but they never do.

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5.0
3 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great work-life balance and growth opportunities. Clinicians are at the heart of systems and configurations. Large systemic changes in healthcare are being dynamically and transparently responded to by leadership

Cons

Much of the connection with the team occurs remotely which may not be everyone's preference.

2.0
2 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

They offered decent paid time off and benefits which was nice as an associate counselor.

Cons

Their favorite saying is "we're building the plane as we fly it" which is a very good representation of my experience at this company. They are expanding faster than they can sustain. Josh the CEO seems more focused on growth than quality of care. The company is accepting contracts with school districts in the Portland area without the staff to fulfill those contracts. When they do acquire the staff, they seem quick to let them go. I know personally of at least 3 different people who were fired within their first few months of employment, unexpectedly and without being able to do closure sessions with their clients. This company is so disorganized it is unreal. There are a few leadership staff members who are doing the best they can to hold it together, but there is very little structural organization. I was left playing PR at my school sites trying to answer for the disorganization of the company many times. They spread one counselor across many schools trying to fill their contracts, rather than dedicate one counselor per 1-2 school sites. They often had more than one counselor per school site one day each per week which made very little sense and frustrated school staff, as well as employees. Not a lot of training and onboarding was very disorganized.

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