Pros
There is fast placement. All you have to do is call an agent, and they immediately find a place for you to work. They will probably give you your desired hourly pay rate, if it's reasonable.
Cons
When the agent asked me how much I wanted to be paid, I made the mistake of not asking for a higher pay rate. There have been times when the other COTA whom I worked with and who made more than me was given less hours and I was given more. This was done because it was cheaper for the company to give me more work hours, because they paid me less. The productivity is too high--we were asked to have no less than 100 percent. If people get 140 percent or 150 percent productivity, which is illegal, they don't get in trouble with the company. We were told, though not in these exact words, that it's okay to have super high productivity like that. I got too many hours. I'd been scheduled anywhere from 12 to 14 hour work days in the past, although that didn't happen too frequently (I usually had to work 9+ hours everyday). If a resident doesn't progress, participate, and ought to actually be discharged, they're still kept on therapy for their full 100 days.
