Does Meridian Behavioral Healthcare pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Meridian Behavioral Healthcare employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Meridian Behavioral Healthcare. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Meridian Behavioral Healthcare?

45% of Meridian Behavioral Healthcare employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Meridian Behavioral Healthcare 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Meridian Behavioral Healthcare?

Clinician (13) , Mental Health Clinician (6) , Director (4) , Manager (4) , Mental Health Technician (4) , Recovery Specialist (4) , Vice President (4) , Counselor III (3) , HR- Recruiter (3) , Registered Nurse (3) , CAT Therapist (2) , Counselor (2) , Counselor IV (2) , Human Resources (2) , Mental Health Counselor and PRN Emergency Screener (2)

What are the pros of working at Meridian Behavioral Healthcare according to real employee reviews?

"The staff are friendly." ((in 9 reviews)); "helping people is great as a counselor" ((in 5 reviews)); "Supervisors are cognizant of work life balance and super supportive through life changes." ((in 5 reviews)); "Ok pay for community mental health care, good work environment" ((in 4 reviews)); "Coworkers were decent and the counselors were AWESOME...!!" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Meridian Behavioral Healthcare according to real employee reviews?

"Allegations of fraud Very low pay" ((in 11 reviews)); "Mentally ill, unethical and incompetent upper management that is disconnected from direct care staff." ((in 6 reviews)); "Training is minimal" ((in 5 reviews)); "workers and was a micro manager." ((in 4 reviews)); "The CEO has no formal education and has come up through the ranks working predominantly in IT which makes him a terrible fit for a CEO position running a large scale behavioral healthcare facility with 15 locations." ((in 4 reviews))

Meridian Behavioral Healthcare Reviews

2.9

45% would recommend to a friend

(130 total reviews)

Lauren Cohn

46% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Meridian Behavioral Healthcare has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 130 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Meridian Behavioral Healthcare employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

Reviews by job title

130 reviews

2.0

14 June 2026

Rewarding work with the homeless, but poor management

Care coordinator

Recommend

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Pros

Working with the homeless population was rewarding.

Cons

Where do I start? Terrible management, so stressful, terrible pay.

1.0

4 May 2026

Burnout Factory

Clinician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

What pros? You can’t effectively provide support for clients because the workload is way too much. They don’t train you or provide support so you are left to sink or swim on your own. Clients lack care because of this which is why Google reviews by clients are so low.

Cons

This is a burn out factory. Way too heavy caseloads. Seeing eight clients per day is not sustainable and you will burn out. They will tell you that people will no show but sometimes they don’t and you will get burned out. That and getting scheduled new clients nonstop. Your caseload will be unmanageable. You will never catch up on documentation. You will not be trained. You will be left to “figure it out”. And you are not paid well enough to deal with any of it.

3.0

18 Apr 2026

Supportive management but unreasonable benefits and high turnover

Clinician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Management valued me as a person and showed support even when it had nothing to do with work. Flexibility is possible as long as you meet goals. Access to resources for clients. For the most part the workers were warm and mostly accepting.

Cons

BENEFITS! THEY ARE COMPLETELY UNREASONABLE IF YOU ACTUALLY NEED HEALTH COVERAGE. No one does anything about it...they just say "yea it's pretty bad!" Pay- Should be higher. Some departments are so overloaded and understaffed they are burnt-out and that impacts the quality of work the patients receive. No security-safety hazard. No real training. High turnover -impacts client trust ---no attempt to correct issues that cause turnover.

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Jobs at Meridian Behavioral Healthcare

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