Pros
- Working with the kids - Some BCBA's - Most co-workers
Cons
If you're looking to gain fieldwork hours to become a BCBA... RUN. The higher-ups make it nearly impossible to gain unrestricted hours. Even with supportive BCBA's in the clinic, there's no time at work to get hours due to having a full caseload or covering other caseloads. They also won't let you do anything at home (BSPs, programing, etc.) relating to clients due to "HIPAA", even though all software is HIPAA compliant. They require monthly homework assignments even though most students are working full time, in school full time, and are also trying to balance a healthy work/home life. If you don't jump through every hoop, you'll be dropped from the program with no answer as to if/how you can get back in later on. Pay at the company is a JOKE, especially compared to other companies in the area. For a while, raises were few and far in between, but now you can test for a whopping .50 raise every six months until you cap out. Even then, they view RBTs as replaceable. They do not care if even good, veteran RBTs express concern about compensation, instead of forcing them to find a new place to work and support their families. It seems as if they'd rather have a new batch come in every 6-8 months and pay them less, instead of paying good RBTs what they deserve. Regional and corporate employees come into the clinic every few weeks and pretend to listen/care about concerns RBTs have, but nothing ever gets done. They'll hide away in the office or spare rooms in "meetings" all day, very rarely seeing the people who actually make the clinic run (the RBTs). It's amazing how many people in the corporate office are allowed to give advice as to how to run an ABA clinic with no experience actually running one. All corporate office cares about is MONEY. Not the kids, not their employees... just money. Everyone under them is viewed as a dollar sign. Kids are packed into rooms, RBTs have to double up on breaks, and inexperienced RBTs are made to cover tough cases they have no training on because Hopebridge would rather make a dollar than provide valuable therapy. But it's okay because they'll give the RBTs some free lunch when they stop in to make everything better. Hopebridge continues to open more and more clinics, buying other companies to make more money, but never stops to actually see how the clinics they already opened are running. If they would stop for three seconds and actually listen for once, they would see the damage being done. Being an RBT is a stressful job with an extremely high turnover rate and Hopebridge is a perfect example as to why. They don't care about their kids, they don't care about their RBTs, and they won't care about you.
