Calgary Drop-In & Rehab Centre reviews about "people"

High turnover. Low pay. No room for growth. Stale and out-of-touch management. Employees are undervalued and overworked.

Burnout is guaranteed no matter your position,training or experience. People of all kinds are treated as dispensable (clients and staff alike). Abysmal training for new staff, poor management. The company would rather burn through staff than listen and empower their people.

Terrible management who are paid way too much.

- you aren't paid enough. - there is something cult-y about how much they push culture. If you aren't onboard, you will be fired or let go. - TONS of turnover. - middle management is sensitive and gate keeps. - the directors have bloated salaries...while many of their staff work multiple jobs to make ends meet. - you are working in a traumatic area - it will impact your mental health. - nowhere to move up.

little messy place to work

Severely underpaid. They do not pay a livable wage and you will also not get breaks. Management pushes non-tangible forms of compensation; such as a pat on the back so they can justify the low wage. Clients are verbally abusive, sometimes physically abusive and staff are frequently emotionally and physically threatened by the clients. Staff have zero recourse to do anything about client threats or concerning behavior. Management uses a “trauma-informed” framework that excuses almost all kinds of behavior from clients that can traumatize staff. The culture is pushed onto staff so hard and is cult-ey. They fire people who are on Dr approved medical leave and make them sign a non-disclosure agreement before providing them severance. Poor support for staff on wcb leave. Tough for wcb adjudicators to get a hold of anyone who can help them reach a decision. Not LGBTQ2IA+ friendly. Next to no eduction for staff in regards to lgbtq terms (etc.) despite many staff and clients being in that community. Clients are verbally abusive to outwardly trans, gay, lesbian, etc. staff. Verbally abusive behavior toward lgbtq staff from clients, and blatant homophobia from clients are not dealt with by management. No chain of command that can be trusted to report concerns to. Staff concerns about working conditions are brushed off or ignored completely. Highly traumatizing experiences are common and the likelihood of staff being provided with adequate debriefing afterwards, or time off to recover, is slim.

Lack of pay, lack of career mobility, this whole industry is underfunded as a whole

The environment itself can be stressful (of course, just due to its nature)