Strive Living Society

Strive Living Society Employee Review

Disorganized and Isolating

One to One Worker (Former Employee) - Burnaby, BC - 17 April 2022

This company is desperate for workers due to the high turnover rate. Management changes constantly, it started off with a yearly change but then it became almost every 6 months. Contacting managers becomes very difficult and confusing. There are barely any meetings or ways to feel connected to your co workers. The only time you will meet a co worker is either by training new staff, or if a manager visits for an equipment check. The children are absolutely the highlight of this job, they're wonderful and are in need of help but due to lack of training as well as management not always being familiar with different children, as the one to one worker you will be thrown into the fire many times. This job can be very stressful at times due to this. In shortNegatives: - Management is in disarray- Managers also are not familiar with the actual kids as they are randomly hired from different organizations- Isolating: there is no sense of community and you barely see your co workers- Stressful: due to lack of knowledge regarding clients from management, you are not trained very well for each client thus creating a sink or swim situation for the worker- Positives:- You get to work with incredible youth and the job is very rewarding - Pay: you are compensated very well but it is hard to get a full 40 hour week unless you're in residential care. Overall my rating is a 2-2.5. If you want to gain work experience in this field as a student I recommend it but I warn you to not get taken advantage of by this company. You will be asked to do many things that are beyond your duties. -

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5.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance

4.0 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits

4.0 out of 5 stars for Job security/advancement

1.0 out of 5 stars for Management

1.0 out of 5 stars for Culture

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Case Manager (Former Employee) - Burnaby, BC - 21 June 2022

Save yourselves the trouble and don't work here. Staff (especially in AIL) are not valued or appreciated. Managers will micro manage everything you do. Work is fast paced, managers place unrealistic deadlines and are unorganized.

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stressful and fast-paced

Case Manager (Current Employee) - Burnaby, BC - 11 June 2020

generally a stressful position but pay is good. Expectations kept on adding (sometimes unreasonable considering the time we have). Job requires to be creative in problem solving skill. co-workers are amazing. management is not. Job is definitely secure but career advancement is a bit limited.

Pros

everyone is getting along. pays well

Cons

micromanaging and stressful

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Official response from Strive Living Society

16 November 2021

Thank you for your review. We’re sorry your experience at Strive isn’t more positive. We’re aware that the nature of the job can be “stressful and fast-paced” and we try to support our team members the best we can by offering flexibility, training, time off, and EAP. We encourage and welcome staff to reach out if additional support is needed.

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Navigated employment and volunteer opportunities (Former Employee) - Burnaby, BC - 18 May 2020

Many workers just there for the pay check and could be quite neglectful or unmotivated with clients. High stress and burn out of workers causing tension, irritability and chaos.

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Official response from Strive Living Society

16 November 2021

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We totally agree that improvement is needed as we never stop striving for perfection in quality service delivery. Feedback such as yours is helpful in letting us know where to focus more of our attention.