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LifeWorks Austin

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this place will chew you up and spit you out - Counselor LifeWorks Austin Employee Review

2.0
4 Nov 2024
Recommend
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Pros

-great PTO -incredible colleagues within your team -supervisor was an incredible advocate -good insurance, HSA, and 401k benefits

Cons

-bureaucracy -focus on quantitative metrics not quality of care or staff care -lack of appropriate clinical training or support -seeing clients who need a higher level of care -service term limits that do not meet client needs -lack of appropriate financial and safety support for community-based staff -caseload is unsustainable -management trusts you to see clients in community but not to work from home -shared office space -combative relationship with upper management -programs that do not reflect client needs or staff input -organization retaliates against staff advocacy -poor boundaries in all directions -poor compensation -the white supremacy of it all

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5.0
10 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nice people work here which is a pro

Cons

Low salary which is a con

4.0
20 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There's lots of flexibility with your hours and working from the community as well as good benefits and pay

Cons

Social work, so it comes with all of the drawbacks that come with that receiving a lot of vicarious traumatization and lack of a path for moving up

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