Pros
- Flexible schedule and clinician autonomy - Thorough orientation, training, and on-boarding process - Very friendly staff - Continuing education opportunities - Having a salary
Cons
- The higher-ups in my territory had surface-level knowledge of SLP services and struggled to market for caseload growth in an already saturated and highly competitive area - Poor caseload growth projection. SLP's will need to work twice as hard as their OT/PT counterparts in order to meet their caseload quota (for example, 2-3 patients for an SLP could equate to 1 patient for OT/PT due to how their units are worked out). As a part-time SLP, I was not meeting my caseload quota for months before COVID even hit and I was often asked to travel outside my area to meet that quota. - Poor job security and instability. They can make changes to your employment for what benefits the company at any time with no room for negotiation on the employee's end.