ABS Kids reviews

3.3

55% would recommend to a friend

(758 total reviews)
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Adam Singer

54% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

ABS Kids has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 758 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ABS Kids employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

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758 reviews
2.0
Jul 8, 2024

Double-standard is the standard

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The idea of services is good, a few good leaders trying to make improvements

Cons

Double standards on nearly everything. The only consistent thing, everything else is a roll of the dice. Benefits: no maternity leave, so save up your PTO. You can't add to the company 401k until you have been there 6 months. Remote work but you are being constantly monitored by leadership for your computer usage (even down to what sites you are using). Discipline: some employees will be given ample discussions and opportunities to improve, others are terminated immediately without discussion. Inconsistent in all approaches literally from the same people Hiring: Sr leadership have stated they would rather over-hire behavior technicians, knowing it will give everyone less hours. No real attempts to balance demand vs availability. Clients: They say that they will accept any patient under 18, but really don't want anyone over the age of 8, specifically would prefer age 3-5 so they can maximize billing insurance. Profits, no other reason. Leadership / career advancement: Unless you are a certified Behavior Analyst, you are not likely to advance in the company. Lots of in-fighting between the very top levels, where there is no real decision ever made. Some positions are not going to be promoted ever since it would cost the company too much, regardless of how well that individual is doing. Promotions are a weird mix of people who actually deserve it vs people who have just been there long enough to "deserve" it.

2.0
Feb 6, 2024
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Pros

The aspects I absolutely love about ABS Kids: - my colleagues - the actual work with kiddos and their families

Cons

Why I've decided to leave: - ABS Kids does not recognize the value of diversity - The spirit of DEI is embodied, i.e., their productivity rubric does not consider (i.e., does not compensate for) the value of having bilingual professionals - Despite serving neurodivergent kiddos and their families, ABS Kids does not recognize or adequately support the needs of neurodivergent employees - Lack of professional development support (have to take PTO to attend trainings, no financial support for fees) - At the end of the day, while ABS Kids has a lot of potential for being a great company to work for, it currently falls quite short

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ABS Kids Response
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ABS Kids takes diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging very seriously, and we have done real work to ensure our clients, families, providers, and staff are impacted by those efforts – from education on different cultures and therapy practices, to communicating to caregivers in their preferred language when possible (and current work on translation services from staff), and much more. We are also continuously working to give people of different backgrounds representation within our organization so that we may better serve our clients. That includes our neurodivergent staff and providers. This review is valuable insight. While we are sorry you are leaving ABS Kids, we can certainly relay your feedback to our executive leadership for their review.
1.0
Apr 12, 2023
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Pros

Fellow BTs in the workplace were great to work with and made me enjoy my job even more

Cons

The BCBAs and upper management at this company are VERY unsupportive and also seem to lack proper knowledge on what goals to give clients. They will also tell you to “push yourself if you want to excel” and have meetings about burnout without actually caring about how employees feel if you express those kind of concerns to them. At first, I thought they were a great company as I was new to the field and impressed by the benefits, but after working at another company for not even 6 months, I can confirm that my feelings towards ABS are valid. They make all BTs part time with the ability to work full time hours because they do not want to offer better benefits. The BCBAs are unsupportive and complain about actually having to support their staff members. Scheduling will not take anything you tell them into consideration and will add and remove kids to your schedule without telling you. They make you do required monthly meetings where they actually fed us while being at a meeting at 7 AM or 8 PM, but after a while we either got nothing or only given donuts. They cannot keep their word as a company as they have promised bonuses and taken them away right before we were supposed to get them. They tell you to do indirect hours and give you no motivation behind achieving them other than “if you want to be a BCBA then you need to work harder”. The expectations that they have for EVERY client to meet is very unreasonable and it shows that they treat every kid as “the same” and do not actually care about their progress. BEWARE before you take that step to work for them. You may like it, but more than likely you will become burnt out and want to leave.

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