If you can work anywhere else, you should. - Anonymous employee Acadia Healthcare Employee Review

1.0
Mar 23, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I made some good friends and was able to add a few skills to my resume.

Cons

There was very little training but you are expected to know every aspect of your role somehow. There is no such thing as open communication and if you try to express your thoughts or concerns, you are immediately shut down. You don't have an opinion here. They tell people that hours are flexible, they're not. You're told to falsify reports in order to make the company look good. You're also told to write fake testimonials and try to remove any negative reviews or articles made about your facilities. You're not just a marketing coordinator/manager, you also are responsible for aspects of accounting, HR, account management, and PR. Rather than hiring more people, you're just given more and more responsibilities that fall out of the realm of your job description. You're given unrealistic deadlines and ridiculed if you don't meet them. You will never be acknowledged for a job well done. Everyone on your team is held to the same standard and receive the same promotions, even if you work harder, put in more hours, or have more work. Management won't step in and help alleviate tension between employees or address problem employees, you're an adult and you should be able to handle these situations on your own. Benefits are terrible and they don't match on your 401k. If you want to advance your career in marketing, healthcare, or are genuinely concerned about the welfare of those you're 'helping' put into treatment, then do not work here. This company solely cares about money and the number of admissions their facilities can get each month. Even though they are a behavioral health company, they certainly do not care about the well-being of their employees.

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