I got paid way less with 15 years more experience than a friend of mine that i referred who is a male, for the same title, same hours, same location. ResCare does not give raises. If you are lucky enough to be picked for employee of the month, you get a pen that your billable notes probably paid for! Continuously understaffed, WAY understaffed then told that they are opening new sites and hiring new staff for these sights, with enthusiasm, while we sit and listen knowing that after this "exciting" meeting we have to go back to doing about three people's jobs without proper recognition or compensation. I asked for a raise from upper management and got a lot of "well, let me see, how do I explain this" and "uh well" then about 8 minutes of reasoning that made no particular sense what so ever. I have been a loyal employee for two years. Two years into my employment, I was asked to verify 6,000 hours of supervised work within the MI community, which was no problem at all, what they failed to tell me was, (I felt very naive for not knowing) that makes me a Mental Health Practitioner, not just an ILS staff. I was told by the person who verified my hours! I looked up the job description of Mental Health Practitioner (as my job title is ILS staff) and I am doing everything an MHP does times two most of the time, considering we are short staffed. If you want to work somewhere where you could possibly have these issues and probably won't advance. Go for it!
