Great co-workers, but higher-ups need a reality check
Pros
The other research assistants and people we worked with were amazing. So kind and hard-working. The work we and the clinicians did there did change people's lives. The mission is great and it does feel like it is getting accomplished. Lastly, I worked here partly because CMI is well-known in the mental health field and I believe that helped me get into my doctorate program.
Cons
There is a high turnover rate for a reason. We were not paid well and were understaffed. The research program I worked for became such a mess and leadership was disorganized. I didn't feel like my supervisor cared about me. When my team got reduced and I was worried about pay, I was doing a few overtime hours here and there. I later found out that my supervisor deleted my overtime hours to reduce my pay and when I called them out on it, they blamed me for not having a good "work-life balance". This was when I knew I had to leave. Lastly, the president and founder of the company keeps an egregious amount of what the company makes. During the pandemic, he decided to take a "pay cut" from 2 million to 800K and furloughed a large portion of the company. For reference, I was making 37K at the time (I hope things have changed) and got furloughed for 2 months. This type of greedy leadership trickles down and those at the bottom feel the negative impacts of this type of work culture.
