Pressley Ridge reviews about "schedule"

Industry and national pay is below average, new graduates in my job where making more than me. Worried coworkers would comment that I was doing the job of 2-3 people yet nothing was done about it...causing me to be burned out and being pulled in all directions with the growth of the program. They'll just keep adding work...and if you speak up you'll be accused of "not doing whatever it takes." You'll be micromanaged yet management doesn't know what's going on. There was no room to grow within the company, you'll be stuck in your entry level position doing the work made for multiple people and other programs will take advantage of your hardwork and try to get you to do work for them. Abuse from families and clients is tolerated. No clear discussion or explanation of what my role was...seemed like supervisor wanted me to be everything from administrative assistant, a free therapist for clients to call all the way to a service coordinator.

Poor leadership at director and executive director levels, mixed messages about expectations, lack of transparency, compensation well below industry standards, top-down command-and-control leadership approaches that are presented as "helping" staff, no autonomy surrounding scheduling or case load management, high pressure and focus on meeting productivity standards which are not based on industry standard measures - overwhelming, burnout and turnover high, morale low, always cutting corners that sacrifice quality care, poor reputation in the community both organizationally and specifically directors, tattling among support staff is encouraged, lots of passive aggression, manipulation and enmeshment within directorships, no supervision for licensure, rigid adherence to outdated, silly policies, capricious decision-making with no effort given to collaborating with supervisors or direct care staff.

Although there is room for advancement, it appears to be competitive and not as frequent as some may like.

Underpaid Unorganized Some days are Mentally and emotionally exhausting High turnover which causes a lack of consistency Several supervisors so it is confusing to know who to report to

Everything. Horrible management, all you deal with is screaming and crying clients on the phone. Have fun feeling depressed every day!

Lots of paperwork, on call constantly

Lack of transparency, low salaries, high turnover

Supervision is lacking in the sense that you are more updating your supervisor on your case load rather then getting any real substance from the meeting. Where a supervisor may have dropped the ball on a responsibility the blame is often pushed onto those below them. Communication from upper management and supervisors to the worker bees is extremely lacking. There is no job training. You are thrown into the job with a manual and often asked to refer to your manual or ask colleges when needing assistance . This could be due to a lack of training of supervisors as well. Support from supervisors and upper management is lacking. No training on how to use car seats or proper baby/child transportation. Many individuals have never held a child prior to this job far yet installed a car seat.

the work itself can be challenging (at-risk youth are the clients), loads of paperwork to be completed daily, weekly, monthly