Lighthouse Autism Center reviews

Breaks- Three 7-minute breaks if you’re lucky. Filthy Center- a client has stepped in another learners feces in a classroom. Kids and staff are always ill. ringworm spread, kids are always vomiting or having loose bowel movements but management will find ways to keep them so they can make more money. PTO- it’s terrible, sick days and vacation days are in the same pto bank. they claim there’s unlimited unpaid time off but they pick and choose who they want to approve and you have to request it two weeks in advance. Although, you’ll get written up if they have to send you home due to illness but you don’t have the pto to cover it. Management- extreme favoritism and ignore the RBTs feedback. Closed off. Malicious. Pot stirring. Money hungry. Promotes their value of “always be yourself” but are incredibly two-faced. Predominantly white- POC are easily targeted when it comes to staff drama. Had one coworker who was reprimanded for the way they speak to the children (not “talking white”) and said that’s why kids aggress to them. Not to mention most clients are POC. Have witnessed a white BCBA become more aggressive with their black clients compared to their white clients when dealing with behaviors. Shady and Untrustworthy Coworkers- techs will purposely try to get you fired or written up if they don’t like you. They will make false accusations with no evidence to back it up. Basically this job is good for you if you loved the high school drama. Most of the employees are in it for the wrong reasons and never for the kids. It’s drama and a war to getting promotions. Management plays a huge role into it. Your misery is not worth the pay. AT ALL

i worked here for 5 years. the management, no matter which location you're at, will be garbage. they will ask you over and over what they can do (to improve morale and turnover rate) for you and other employees and when you tell them, they blatantly ignore it, or give you some round about answer as to why they can't do it. then they provide a bunch of bagels the next day to hopefully smooth it over. you will ALWAYS be short staffed and its awful. plus, the management doesnt care about helping you get through it. as therapists, you have to break each other (for no longer than 7 minutes at a time) and when you actually need an extra person to come help, the management gets on you about it. if you want to move up in the company, behaviorally, that requires a masters degree but otherwise there are a very small amount of opportunities-just the nature of the work. also, pto is basically non-existent. you accrue ~4 hours biweekly and that's for BOTH sick and vacation- it's combined. you get 5 "wellness days" per year (no rollover) but they take those if you don't have enough pto. health insurance is available and it's not bad but nothing special. I stayed longer than I should have while being mistreated mentally and was burnt out 90% of the time because I LOVED the kids. they are special and I would do anything for them so I suppose it made it all worthwhile.