* Staff morale is wicked LOW right now. A bunch of staff have quit lately and me and another are thinking of leaving. There's one or two bcba supervisors who seem good but the higher ups running the region are making things bad. They don't listen to you, they aren't subtle about gossiping to each other about us, their not approachable beyond simple problems with kids, and they can be very hypocritical at times. It is a toxic environment, and this is the biggest con right now.
* Fee for service isn't great, especially if you rely on your paycheck each week. Your going to get cancellations, there's no avoiding it (especially when it snows, flu season, family vacations). If your lucky you can do a session with another kid but if you get to a house and they no show, your out of luck. Another review claims there is plenty to do (retention, make a book etc) but that's not how it works. You have to request retention, and if you get approved, you probably won't get the number of hours you're down. The work life balance is not good.
* Staff training is not good. Orientation will cover the basics, then you get 90 days to seed with other staff. There's no training guide, no procedures to make sure you learn everything, and half the time your with another staff who wasnt trained enough either. This makes it really hard, especially when alot of the staff do this different and you can get in trouble for doing things the 'wrong way' even if it's how you were told.
* You need to get several bags of your own toys, you don't get reimbursed for this. Cleaning them will take away some free time each week
