Avantages
-Plenty of opportunities for optional overtime. -Wide diversity in shifts from early morning(7a-3p), afternoon(3p-11p), overnight(11p-9a), and others depending on the house. -Schedules tend to be firm so you can make future plans without worrying about your schedule. -Meals are provided - It can be pretty rewarding to make a positive difference in the individuals lives. - No better way to put it than you get paid to go and do stuff with the individuals, like go to the State Fair or out to movies and restaurants, etc. -Benefits are pretty good, dental especially. -PTO carries over from year to year up to a certain cap level before getting banked into an emergency sick bank.
Inconvénients
- Due to legal reasons you may be forced to work overtime - A lot of legal eggshells to walk on - Almost always short-staffed - Due to being always short-staffed the only requirement to be hired is to have an average body temperature around 98 degrees, so, staff turnaround is abysmally high. - Wages are stagnant and raises get further and further apart the longer you work there. - Holidays off aren't a thing, you just get paid time and a half. But you can't stack that with overtime pay, you only get one and the rate is the same. -PTO sick bank is completely unusable until all PTO is used up and are still unable to return to work. - Mandatory trainings can and will mess up your schedule and are almost never at an ideal time for everyone involved.