The Truth is Telling - Speech Language Pathologist SLEA Therapies Employee Review

Note From Helen Wade: I recently received a negative review of my performance as well as the performance of my company and our staff. The review was titled “The Truth is Telling.” I am glad I live in the United States and am aware that there frequently different truths available to the reader and that the reader needs to be informed of the details and history involved in order to arrive at an opinion. SLEA has been in business since 1983. We have three offices and two of them are manned by office staff and not a machine. I am very proud of our staff and all that we have accomplished. Some of our staff has been with us with 15-20 years, so I have to assume that we do something right. The reviewer of my/our performance carried on that I take too many trips and vacations. I don’t have to apologize nor explain. It’s a disgrace that an employee felt his/her life so empty that they checked on my comings and goings. How does my private life impact the quality of the work he/she did? As a past owner of SLEA, I’ve always recognized that without good employees, a company cannot go far. We show appreciation to our staff through a $10,000 per year benefits package, which includes health benefits, 401K, vacation and holiday pay, sick leave, continuing education, association dues, etc. This year I sold the company to our staff and so for those who qualify they will be receiving an annual percentage of shares in the company. We are also aware that we cannot attract quality staff without high compensation, so in turn our salaries are higher than most of our competitors. Full time staff are paid for a 40 hour week, 30-35 are billable. That is the norm for most companies. I do not recall any employee who worked a 12 hour day. We do, however, have staff who work a 4 day 10 hour work week. For someone as concerned as our writer, it behooves me why she/he did not complain, even during the exit interview. The writer of Truth is Telling should be ashamed. Our supervision is some of the best available. We also provide supervision training and pay a supervision fee to our supervisors. SLEA is an employee owned company. We are proud of what we do and we are sorry that Truth is Telling did not tell or know the truth. Helen Sherman Wade, MA CCC-SLP Executive Director SLEA