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Centers for Independence

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Centers for Independence reviews

3.1

44% would recommend to a friend

(115 total reviews)

Heidi Chada

100% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Centers for Independence has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 115 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Centers for Independence employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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115 reviews
1.0
Dec 4, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I enjoyed working with the clients on my caseload but they managed ro destroy those relationships too by not taking care of clients

Cons

Management couldnt be worse. No regard for the clients, all about the money and it shows. Every client I had complained. I honestly think they would've been better off without the services. Sad

1.0
Aug 14, 2018

Resume Stain

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are OK, but nowhere where they used to be. Gone are the massages, the relaxation workshops, the company parties. The little things that made working in such a high-stress environment tolerable. Expect to be paid for a day's work.

Cons

Massive corruption, nepotism (there was a manager there that was only around because he was a friend of the CEO, didn't actually do anything. Hence why there are so many openings at the top now). Forget about advancement. Lowballing on salary. Serious compliance issues. Customer Service team that acts like a glorified answering service. Management that seems to exist to be in meetings. Loss of perks. High turnover due to burning out people. Screaming customers. Don't expect any information from the higher ups unless it's about who they're cutting.

3.0
Jul 18, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No nights or weekends. Pay was competitive. Working with special needs population can be very rewarding. Some great co-workers, kind-hearted people. Good experience working with a wide variety of clients.

Cons

Unstable work environment with constant change. Inadequate support by therapy mgmt. and upper mgmt. Top heavy organization (excessive # of VP's with very high salaries). Some co-workers/managers were catty, cliquey, and unprofessional. The Therapy Department has/had some really great people, but was clearly divided into cliques, which can be partly explained by the merging of multiple therapy departments that previously ran independent from one another (constant change). I witnessed firsthand, current therapy management make decisions and pass judgments based on very little and/or inaccurate information. One employee in particular was the epitome of toadyism, and probably the source of much misinformation. I watched this lickspittle employee play multiple managers to perfection, a very disingenuous person that somehow was treated with more credibility (and civility) than deserved. Job could be very frustrating at times, especially when therapy management would present specious arguments to support their policies/procedures, and shedding light or presenting facts to assist was pointless if you were the perceived outsider, as your input meant nothing. I was undervalued, inadequately supported, subjected to constant change/unstable work environment, and then castaway in spite of doing everything that was ever asked of me. There are better jobs out there.

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