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No stability, misled in hiring - Behavior Interventionist Easterseals Southern California Employee Review

2.0
Oct 25, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

People seem friendly. Being on your own with contact once a month or online interactions with supervisors

Cons

Was promised with HR recruiter and interviewing manager that 20 during probation with the expectation of full time in 90 days. Nope, after training the scheduling team completely ghosted many of us. I believe that there was age discrimination on my part and the students that did get clients assigned were 'preferred due to gender and ethnicity. I will be pursuing this through the labor board. I left a job with steady pay to 0 pay. Please do not take this position if you are looking for steady work. And honestly some of the BI's should not be interacting with the Autistic population. The treatment I received was not professional nor appropriate. I still hold the ipad and phone they issued and have requested to have it returned, again, I'm ghosted. Very unprofessional, unethical organization. Along with Age discrimination, possibly because I was white too.

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Easterseals Southern California Response
7y
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Cons

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Easterseals Southern California Response
2mo
Thank you for sharing your review. Our goal is to provide an excellent experience for all our employees and prospective candidates. Your feedback is appreciated as we continuously consider ways we can improve.
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