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Do not work here - Anonymous employee Firefly Institute Employee Review

1.0
8 Dec 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working in healthcare is rewarding

Cons

Benefits including paid time off, medical, short and long term disability and life insurance were cancelled / withdrawn with no notice from Owners and Management. I found out my insurance was cancelled by receiving a letter more than a month after the effective date of the termination of insurance, which prevented me from even being able to continue the coverage on my own. No apology or remedies, just excuses, like "making these cuts meant you could stay employed", which felt threatening. This while actively applying for the government-offered pandemic payroll protection loans and being awarded those funds. Being awarded those funds meant the Owners/Management did not need to continue to make staff feel scared that they would be losing their jobs, yet that message continued for months. When I inquired about insurance being cancelled, the message from Owner/Manager was that the payroll processing company (ADP) handled those benefits and since that contract was terminated and another payroll processing system was being used (also ADP, but a different version of it), implying that it was ADP that cancelled the insurance, and not owning up to the Owners making that conscious decision to terminate employee benefits. When I inquired about paid time off being cancelled, I was told that it was due to the company switching to non-profit status. The company is not a non-profit. Owners and Management did not pay employees on scheduled pay dates multiple times during my employment causing late paychecks with no apologies or remedies. Owners and Management referred to the pandemic as a joke and did not take concerns of staff or incoming patients seriously. They state they use sanitary practices keeping surfaces continuously wiped down when they do not, and that they use social distance guidance and they do not. Owners and Management told my private health information about covid test results to coworkers without my permission when they should make the identity of the person confidential. Owners and Management refused to allow staff that could work from home to continue working from home even while stay home orders were in effect by state government, after we had successfully worked from home for two months. When I made my concerns known, they insisted I return and work at the office and said they would discuss working from home soon after. They did not consider the concerns of staff any more, even though the Governor's order was to allow work from home to the best ability of employers. Owners are a couple, the lead therapist and her husband.

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Pros

Great administrative and supervisory support. Flexible schedule and freedom to cultivate the caseload you want. Warm and caring environment, feels like a family.

Cons

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5.0
19 Nov 2021
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Pros

I am pleased to write that my experience has been wonderful. I was asked to write a review and provide my feedback recently by our office management. That was all, just that it would be appreciated if I could provide feedback about my experience on this site. I was surprised to see some of the other reviews, considering this hasn't been my experience at all. I am concerned to see a post that anything positive was fake. The social worker in me is frankly outraged that my voice is being silenced and that my perspective and experience doesn't matter and is considered 'fake news.' I feel like we have had enough of that type of bullying to last us a lifetime. My experience is that this practice is a space in which I am supported, have freedom to build my practice in a way I want (type of clients I see, therapeutic theory/evidence based practice is decided by me in collaboration with my clients, schedule, etc.) I work with wonderful people and feel supported in this group. I receive scheduled consultation for client cases and can reach out to peers when I need to staff a case. I appreciate being able to structure my day and caseload in a way which supports my professional goals or needs for work/life balance. This has overall been a good experience and a good fit for me.

Cons

Because we don't necessarily need to be on site if we don't have clients scheduled, it means office doors are often closed (people are in session) or dark (therapists are out of the office). This wasn't necessarily unexpected, but it does mean I need to be proactive and ask to schedule a consultation time with colleagues/lunch/coffee meeting or I might miss them!

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