Has the potential for greatness but... - Anonymous employee Cal Farley's Employee Review

2.0
Nov 11, 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great place for people that genuinely want to do great things for the children who reside there. Also, upper management is thrilled that they recently struck oil on the property, so there is absolutely great promise for increased spending to benefit the organization, such as newer facilities (i.e. homes for the kids that have updated amenities as opposed to cinder block, one window rooms).

Cons

Unfortunately, the organization is extremely focused on their "numbers" and having their beds filled to keep their sponsors and donors happy, they lose sight of essentials. While the oil/mineral rights will promise lots of money (and thus increased opportunities) over the upcoming years, the small organization seems to undervalue their employees and runs in a very corporate way, as opposed to being a non-profit organization for children. Upper management changes within the last year have proven detrimental to the overall mission of the organization.

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Cons

* Lack of support/Support from afar: It doesn't always feel like the team has the best interest of the child in mind. I know they mean well, but sometimes it felt like they just wanted to mitigate an issue with a kid they knew would make their own bad day everyone else's issue at the expense of the primary house parents, and it wasn't fair. There were times where my coworker and I felt like it was just us because even our alternates wouldn't uphold our rules when we were off. The team would say things like "y'all are doing an amazing job with this house", but they would hardly swing by to see our kids [not everyone on our team. Some of them were incredibly supportive]. *The schedule. 6 days on 3 days off *The pay-hours worked ratio: it's a salaried job and hps starting out made/make minimum wage. The hours are 6am-10pm, but if you work past that (which you will if you live in the house a primary because they will make you night staff as well), you don't get compensated for it. They have night staff youth workers who are compensated to work 10pm-10am or 10pm-6am (they made $14 when I left), so why don't hps also get compensated?

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