Pros
you feel like you know your managers, you meet lots of people, people will help you and you will have unlimited chances to make mistakes and learn, make more starting out than the hospital, good benefits and 401k match, flexibility DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE PLACED
Cons
they sell you to the practice as a package: our therapist does everything here is a therapist and a machine. There is lots of guidance on what to do and how to do it but there is not a lot of advocating for the therapist in other ways. Like if the clinic has ridiculous management or rules or hours you might as well work for the clinic because you must follow their rules because technically you work there. Regionals talk out of both sides of their mouth since they're middle management in between the clinic, the therapist, and their uppers and they have to appease everyone. So they may say they'll advocate for you but at the end of the day if the clinic or the uppers cut your hours or make some big change that affects you they'll be nowhere to be seen. For example: you may work at a clinic that runs 4 days a week and suddenly they switch to 5 and you have planned your life around that. There is no real contract that you can hold up and say hey this is what I agreed to. They have added a lot of work to the therapists over the years and we literally run insurance, handle talking to the patients about money, do all the paperwork and quality assurance chores daily/weekly/monthly/yearly. Keep up with paperwork for the state. Prior auths and PCP referrals. Treat patients and documentation. Scheduling. Plus whatever the clinic you are placed at requires of you.