Developmental Disabilities Institute Reviews

-benefits are terrible, can't even afford to go to the doctor or get a cavity filled, that was after working for the company for several years -starting pay is not enough to survive on in the area which is ridiculous considering you are taking care of people -negligence and neglect by staff and management alike is rampant throughout the agency -whistleblowers who call out neglect and abuse are bullied and taunted until they quit, sometimes even after -I was encouraged to lie to Justice Center interviewers many times -I was encouraged to lie to parents and other family members of those I supported on several occasions -I was encouraged to cover up medication errors where individuals received too much medication or did not receive their meds at all, on several occasions -Have to work with lazy staff and apathetic management so if you are a hard worker prepare to be taken advantage of until you are burned out and hate coming to work -Management makes it very clear they don't care about you and will say to your face that you are just a body and are replaceable -management is very immature and hard to work with, likes to play favorites a lot so if you're not it then you will not get anywhere -I have worked in this field since graduating high school and I have to say this place sucked every ounce of enthusiasm I had for this field out of my soul.

ZERO training, which is problematic considering the challenging behaviors that some students have SUPER gossipy. I would hear teachers talking about other teachers, supervisors, and teacher assistants. The teachers suck. One time I heard two teachers talking loudly about how one of the children's mother drank alcohol well into the pregnancy. The child, with fetal alcohol syndrome, was in the room. She was old enough to understand what they were saying, I know this. I also expressed to one teacher that I wanted to go into teaching myself and she LITERALLY said "pick another career" and then proceeded to tell me how the job drains you. This was in front of all of the students... Also it's pretty dangerous how they react to reports on misdemeanors. One of the TAs reported something apparently, and I heard whispers about her for weeks after. One day one of the teachers warned her co teacher that this TA was going to be coming to their classroom and said to "be careful of what you say". Need I say more?