Physically dangerous with no real support from management to keep staff or PWS genuinely safe other than to make it look good on paper. Unsafe and unwelcoming for trans and LGBTQ+ though they will tell you they are and gaslight you and tell you why it's your fault they can't help but misgender and deadname you and make homophobic comments and frequent "you were asking for it" comments. Financially sketchy with funds taken from PWS in the group homes. Staff are trained and required to lie on state paperwork for funding to say they worked 1:1 with a PWS who is billed as a 1:1 but in reality that PWS is paired up and sharing one staff with 1 or even up to 4 other people while the state still pays the company for the staffing for 1:1. Short staffing happens but where is that extra money going when we lie and the state still pays for staff that aren't there? RI pays over .50/mile for using your personal car for work but Perspectives only gives you a fraction of that money, about .34, you earned putting wear and tear on your car and doesn't give a clear answer on what they are doing with the rest of your money. Alternative is to save up your mileage and file it with your taxes at the end of the year though most staff count on that money in their paycheck to be able to continue using their car for work. Staff are told while interviewing for the position that day program limits driving to 15 miles a day then expects you to drive 150+ miles a day while only paying you a fraction of the mileage reimbursement they say makes it worth that job. Many staff are struggling with maintaining a well functioning car and some have lost their job when they were unable to get a new car soon enough while members of management working in the office, making higher pay, and not required to drive daily as part of their job are provided brand new car leases through the company at no cost to them. Sexual harrassment is a common part of this job from day 1 and pay raises are withheld for not allowing staff and supervisors to touch you as frequently as they want and how they want as it makes you unfriendly and not fitting the culture. Sexual abusers of both staff and PWS are protected and allowed to continue where they are and how they want while their victims, both staff and PWS, are moved without warning to other programs. Frequently while PWS are away from the group home their belongings will be packed up without their knoweledge or consent or opportunity to say farewells to known housemates and staff and moved to another home, usually in the case of abuse or sexual harassment to move the victim away from the perpetrator while the perpetraitor faces no consequences and is rarely even approached about their negative behavior. Training is non-existent or meager in most cases while management promises they will train you then starts threatening your job after a week or 2 when you still don't know what you're doing but haven't been trained yet and they gaslight you about how that is your fault and asks what you need training on then still refuses to train you on the things if you do come up with a list of trainings you need. Many staff will find a place to sit and be on their phone most of the shift while 1 or 2 staff will do the majority of the work and supervisors on shift will target the staff working while leaving the staff on their phones to continue doing nothing because "I can trust you to get it done". While at the same time the staff on their phones get higher raises and stay off management radar and the staff working are scrutinized for every little thing they do and get raises at much lower rates if any at all.
