Pros
- Work life balance. You don't have to 'Iive' in the clinic like most out-patient clinics - Co-workers and lower level management are phenomenal. - Overall culture is good - Decent PTO and sick days
Cons
- You give up a lot of financial stability and pay for the "work-life" balance that it's not even worth it at this point. I know life is overall expensive and I don't expect things to just be handed to me (trust me when I say I have always worked my tail off to achieve my goals), but to have your doctorate and over 8 years of experience in the field, to be paid $41/hour with only a $1/hr raise since starting at the company is just downright insulting. The only position offered is a "flex" position which just means they can work you anywhere between 25-40 hours/week. You don't get to CHOOSE your hour range, they TELL you, on short notice. This time last year, we were working overtime... this year, we are only getting paid for 28 hrs/week. For some of us that were working overtime last year, that's almost a 20 HOUR DIFFERENCE/WEEK in pay. Honestly, we are all hurting right now. No one can make $1000/week and pay their mortgage, groceries, family expenses and still have money to put into retirement and savings. The financially instability isn't worth it at this point and many of us are leaving. - The other reviews are true - even when hours are CUT, you still have to get your workload completed in that shortened time frame. So working twice as fast for a fraction of the pay. - Though the fellow PTs, health coaches and lower level management are phenomenal, the higher up you go in the leadership ladder, the more out of touch with reality they become. Town halls have become unbearable - the gas lighting is like a broken record. They want you to think you're being heard but it's all just a show, nothing ever changes. - Very little room for growth, you're going to be a churn and burn PT for years before ever having the chance to move up into management, and that's pretty much the only upward mobility. - I'd say 20% of my day I use my actual "PT brain" and skills, and then the other 80% I'm just a customer service rep, sending the same set of saved responses. They are now replacing most of our communication with AI so our PT voice is only further diminishing. I know this is just screaming into a void, but if I can offer any advice to a fellow PT that is sick of working in clinic, the lure and desire of working from home wears off within a few months and then you're just left with a crappy pay check. This isn't the "dream" that they sell you during the interview process. I'm not a disgruntled ex-employee, I DO believe in what we are doing here and do feel we are making lives better. But if things don't change soon (not holding my breath) I have to have more respect for my craft, profession, abilities and will be quickly moving on and taking this as a learning lesson.