Talbert House reviews

3.4

63% would recommend to a friend

(167 total reviews)

Josh Arnold

81% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Talbert House has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 167 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Talbert House employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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167 reviews
2.0
Oct 27, 2018

Burn-Out Central

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Pros

You are making an impact in someones life which is a beautiful thing and most of the people that you work with are trying to do they best they can with what they have. Management tries their best to support you but every single day is a crisis and managing client crisis is their only priority.

Cons

This is a "warm body is better than nobody" type of job. All you need is a degree and they don't care what it is in. While this is great if you need a job is this the best policy when working with a fragile population? Probably not. You are expected to be a therapist, confidant, chauffeur, super sleuth, and advocate. They pile your case loads up to the extreme because turnover is incredibly high and when someone leaves they split their cases with you. I ended up with over 3 times my contracted caseload, it is not possible to provide the level of care that each individual needs when your case load is supposed to be 21 and you end up with over 70 clients. You need to have a strong self-care routine to work here.

1.0
Aug 15, 2018

RATHER WORK IN THE SEWERS

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Pros

have a mission of helping others, and individual programs seem to do that. Fatherhood project, day programs, school programs, all are worthwhile.

Cons

Very low pay, not competitive with the mental health organization right around the block. poor management and too many of them. overhead absolutely ridiculous. too many directors, money in budgets that should be used towards client care have to go to supervisors and directors. none of the directors want anything to do with the ciients. they wear their suits and dresses and never enter the trenches. They actually encourage you to go into management and act like its superior to serving clients.

1.0
Jun 27, 2018

Don't do it

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Pros

Availability of open positions; serving community

Cons

Low pay and poor communication

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