Pros
The clients were great. The people in the company truly care and want the best for the patients. You get to kind of make your own hours. In the private pay groups your job is typically less demanding.
Cons
You’re driving all over the place to get hours and your reimbursement for gas is limited— only from client-to-client, so if you’re driving 35 miles one way to see a client for 7-12 hours you’re out 70 miles of gas. So if your daily is far away, hope you’re getting overtime.. Some clients require much more from you than others, I would have to take multiple scrubs with me to change into between clients after a down and dirty job. You know you need a shower, but you’ll lose your reimbursement for not going client-to-client. Ultimately, you’re going to wear yourself and your car out if you’re aiming to make a living wage. Hardest thing about the job is management. All of your superiors are fabulous hard-working nurses, however it seems to be their workload is too much for any one person to bear. I found within a year I had four different supervisors, because no one could stay on with the company I believe the workload was too big. This is very frustrating as an aide because you have to re-orient yourself with each incoming new supervisor, and they don’t always have all of the information in regards to which clients you see , have seen, or need to see. This was part of the reason I left the company. I stuck with it despite the low pay for my patients. However when they stuck me with another new supervisor I was finally fed up.