Does Ponessa Behavioral Health pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Ponessa Behavioral Health employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Ponessa Behavioral Health. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Ponessa Behavioral Health?

61% of Ponessa Behavioral Health employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Ponessa Behavioral Health 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Ponessa Behavioral Health?

Tss (30) , Therapeutic Staff Support (17) , BSC/MT (15) , Behavioral Health Technician (15) , BHT-behavioral Health Tech (9) , TSS Worker (9) , Therapist (7) , Behavior Consultant (6) , Outpatient Therapist (6) , BC/MT (5) , Behavior Technician (4) , Intern (4) , Support Staff (4) , Behavior Specialist (2) , MT/BSC (2)

What are the pros of working at Ponessa Behavioral Health according to real employee reviews?

"The supervisors who ran the weekly supervision meetings were also amazing." ((in 15 reviews)); "Flexible schedules to meet educational and personal pursuits" ((in 13 reviews)); "The staff is great and welcoming!" ((in 11 reviews)); "Free trainings with CEUs." ((in 11 reviews)); "Great coworkers and rewarding working with families and teachers who appreciate you" ((in 10 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Ponessa Behavioral Health according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay for having a BS and being a long term employee." ((in 20 reviews)); "No benefits of any kind for less than full time therapists" ((in 13 reviews)); "based management styles going on." ((in 10 reviews)); "I dont have much to say con wise except better parking." ((in 7 reviews)); "Upper management DOES NOT care about the pions." ((in 5 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Ponessa Behavioral Health locations?

Lancaster , Harrisburg , Exton , York , Carlisle , Lebanon , Forest Hills , Camp Hill , Mechanicsburg , Holtwood , Mount Joy , Chester , West Chester , Lancaster Junction

Ponessa Behavioral Health reviews

3.3

61% would recommend to a friend

(224 total reviews)

Catherine DeGuire, MS, JD, MBA, LPC

64% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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Ponessa Behavioral Health has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 224 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ponessa Behavioral Health employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Healthcare industry (3.4 stars).

Reviews by job title

224 reviews

4.0

Nov 7, 2018

Better than the typical community counseling agency to work for

Outpatient therapist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of training opportunities, supervision for licensure, ability to make own schedule, work culture/attitude with support staff and coworkers are positive and supportive.

Cons

compensation/pay is minimal and unfair for counselors working long hours doing nonbillable services and only being compensated for billable hours at highest rate of pay. Nonbillable services and training hours are compensated at different rates of pay. Also paperwork is literally in paper form and plentiful so therapists are left spending extra hours to complete it.

Ponessa Behavioral Health Response

7y

Thank you for the feedback. We are committed to providing a fair and supportive environment for all our employees, so we are disappointed to hear about some of your responses. We value and consider all feedback and we will continue to find ways to improve, but as you probably know now, we are in the process of implementing an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system, and hope to have it go live by the end of 2019. Thanks again.

1.0

Oct 31, 2018

The More You Know Before You Go

Bsc/mt

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great beginner level experience for new grads with no financial or family responsibilities.

Cons

Compensation is low. It takes six months before you are even considered for full-time. The work can be challenging at times. Too much paperwork, low modernization. Expect to put your own money and time into this job. Low compensation for mileage, required paperwork and training. Zero reimbursement for parking at main offices where trainings are required.

Ponessa Behavioral Health Response

7y

Thank you for the review. We are appreciative of the hard work our employees do in the field, and we value their commitment to making a positive difference in consumers lives. We continually look for new ways to increase employee satisfaction, so we appreciate you taking the time to provide us with this feedback and will share it with the management team. Thank you

4.0

Sep 17, 2018

Psychiatric Nurse, LPN

Licensed practical nurse staff nurse

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The staff is amazing and are very helpful. This includes Supervisors, Doctors, Clinicians and Co-workers from one facility to the next. Every job has that one employee that might not be the greatest but good overcomes the bad! Very flexible schedule and understanding to an employees life situation. PTO, Paid Holidays and off on weekends. Pay is reasonable for this position, in particular, can't complain on my part!

Cons

Wish the benefits were better. A little too expensive for the middle class which most of the employees are beside the M, D's and therapist. Wish the company would spend a little more money and effort for certain facilities to look presentable. They did listen to one concern in particular, but office looks run down and sometimes depressing. Wish all offices can look just as presentable as the corporate office.

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Jobs at Ponessa Behavioral Health

Front Office Support Staff- Lebanon

Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health Technician (BHT)- Lancaster

Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health Technician (BHT)- Lebanon

Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health Technician (BHT)- York

Mental Health Outpatient Therapist (License Preferred)- Harrisburg