Pros
The relationships you develop with your patients and their families. Intrinsically, it is rewarding to guide parents through the treatment process and see a positive result.
Cons
Corporate/management do NOT listen to or consider feedback/concerns from employees. I’ve observed very senior clinicians who have worked for the company many years with so much knowledge and experience being completely ignored when concerns are brought up. Very discouraging for a new-ish clinician like myself. Classic reactionary management style vs proactive strategies. Significant disconnect between what happens in the clinic setting and the corporate office. Results in stressful daily clinic life, burned out staff, low morale, and not allowing an environment to provide ideal patient care. It is a battle of you caring so deeply for your patients and wanting to provide the best treatment but then starting to not care anymore because you don’t have management supporting or appreciating your efforts. Basically, you can read a textbook about “How Not to Manage and Run a Company” and that will describe what happens here. Unfortunately, I’ve had friends ask me if they should apply for positions here and sadly I discourage them from doing it.
