Pros
Families and children (only reason why I stayed so long). You build relationships with children and families that will last a life time. It's so amazing to see the progress.
Cons
Where do I begin? Beacon ABA Services does not care about their ABT/BT position staff. All who matters at this company are those with a BCBA. Supervisors are not professional and they are honestly very rude. There are NO benefits for ABT/BT staff and we're the people doing most of the work, even work the BCBA should be doing. There is no PTO and getting 30 hours a week is impossible with the amount of cancellations and we don't get paid for cancellations. You will be gone all day ( I was gone 7AM-6PM) and I would only get paid for about 6 of those hours. There is SO much work outside of work that I would have to miss out on dinner with my family or spend weekends making materials and completing reports and during this time you're not getting paid. You are going to put a lot of miles on your car, you get reimbursed for some of the miles but not all of them. The communication is very poor between supervisors and staff. If you are someone who has a lot of bills or responsibilities with children/family then I would not apply to this company. You will be making poverty level money. I would apply to this company if your husband can hold the family and you're looking for a rewarding side job. You will still have to deal with the unprofessional-ism and will have to spend a lot of time outside of work to complete other tasks.
