Job feels like a sales-focused call center - Intake Specialist NOCD Employee Review

1.0
16 Jun 2026
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Pros

It’s a job, that’s about it

Cons

It’s practically a call center where their only focus is sales. None of the “higher ups” on the intake team have a psychology degree. They all have degrees in business/sales that should be your first red flag. Certain sign up metrics have to be met, which is hard when in reality it’s cheaper for people to go to a private practice and therapists keep leaving because their case load is too big and they also have to meet certain metrics. If you work here, I recommend looking for a new job at the same time.

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NOCD Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback regarding your experience as an Intake Specialist. We hear your concerns regarding performance metrics, the operational environment, and our marketing investments, and we apologize for the frustration you felt during your time with us. To provide context, our Intake Specialists serve as the crucial first impression for everyone reaching out to our organization, a vital role that we encourage our team to take immense pride in. Because connecting people to effective care is central to our mission, our Intake Managers collaborate closely with Specialists to provide coaching and development plans that support them in meeting their outreach goals. Furthermore, our public advocacy campaigns with figures like Howie Mandel are a deliberate strategy to raise awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding OCD, which directly drives the growth that allows us to secure broad insurance coverage. This network expansion actually makes our specialized care significantly more affordable, accessible, and convenient than the private practice status quo. To ensure our teams feel supported, we are sharing your review with our Intake Leadership team to continuously refine our coaching methods so that our performance targets are paired with meaningful, collaborative development.

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5.0
18 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great training program for ERP

Cons

I can't think of any cons

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NOCD Response
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Thank you so much for taking the time to share this 5-star review! We are thrilled to hear that you experienced great training and found our ERP training program to be so valuable during your time with us. Our clinical education team works incredibly hard to ensure our therapists are thoroughly prepared to deliver evidence-based care, and your positive feedback lets us know we are succeeding in that mission. We are deeply grateful for the time you spent supporting our members, and we wish you the absolute best in your continued career as a specialty therapist!
1.0
30 May 2026
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Pros

I wish I could recommend working here because the mission is important and the therapy helps a lot of people. There are talented therapists and employees throughout the company who care deeply about the people they serve. Unfortunately, the culture makes it difficult to recommend.

Cons

Stephen Smith often talks about wanting to end the mental health crisis. That message rings hollow when so many of his own employees experience chronic stress, burnout, extreme micromanagement, unrealistic expectations, poor work-life balance, and communication that can be demeaning or dismissive. These are not isolated issues or the result of a few bad managers. They are the direct result of the culture Stephen has created and continues to reinforce throughout the organization. The culture revolves around keeping Stephen happy, and fear is often used as a tool to maintain that dynamic. Employees quickly learn that approval matters more than collaboration. This creates an environment where politics and self-preservation often outweigh teamwork, trust and effective communication. Employees are often made to feel that spending time with family, setting boundaries, or prioritizing their own well-being reflects a lack of commitment to the mission. For a company in the mental health space, the gap between what is said publicly and what employees experience internally is hard to ignore. It is also difficult to overlook the lack of female representation in senior leadership despite a workforce that is overwhelmingly made up of women. I do not believe that is accidental.

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NOCD Response
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Thank you for this feedback. We appreciate you highlighting the dedication of our talented clinicians and the importance of our mission to provide impactful therapy. We hear your serious concerns regarding burnout, leadership dynamics, and the cultural alignment within the organization. It is troubling to learn that you felt the internal environment valued compliance over collaboration, or that setting personal boundaries was viewed as a lack of commitment to our mission. We also hear your specific note regarding gender representation within senior leadership, and we recognize the impact these experiences have had on your perspective of the company. We apologize for the frustration, lack of support, and dissatisfaction you experienced during your tenure. As an organization driven by a Member First mindset, we operate with a sense of Consistent Urgency to transform the behavioral health landscape and make evidence-based care widely available. To achieve this, we hold ourselves deeply accountable to outcomes and metrics. While this level of transparency can be uncomfortable and can sometimes be felt as micromanagement, tracking these data points is what allows us to secure payer coverage for specialty treatment. This is how we collectively break the status quo of misdiagnosis and ensure our members get the effective care they deserve. Our mission and our operational methods are deeply connected, and while confronting the areas that need daily improvement is challenging, it is how we responsibly scale our impact for the people who need us most. To address these concerns constructively, our leadership team is committed to evaluating our metrics to align with the well-being of our clinicians and non-clinical employees. Additionally, our People Team remains committed to refining our internal processes to foster a more balanced, transparent, and supportive environment for our colleagues. We strive to foster an internal environment that truly honors our mission from the inside out, and we will continue utilizing feedback like yours to drive continuous, meaningful improvement across all levels of leadership.
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