speech language pathologist

special education teacher

licensed clinical social worker

behavioral therapist

board certified behavior analyst

Achieve

If you are thinking about working at Achieve Beyond, it is not a terrible opportunity if it's your first professional job right out of college. But you will probably find yourself disappointed, stressed, and unappreciated. I learned so much about pediatric services from both a public health and educational perspective. I learned so much about how to be successful doing administrative tasks, time management, and interacting with clients and other professionals. I learned a lot of clinical knowledge that I brought with me to my next job. If you play your cards right you will be able to network with a lot of people outside the company depending on your role which will help you find other opportunities. After leaving this company you will feel very prepared for whatever other professional opportunities may come your way. The company offers opportunities to those that may not have a ton of professional experience but unfortunately there is extremely high turnover which gives an air of instability. Most that leave the company resign due to the stress and unsupportive atmosphere. The office is not a very nice place to work as many colleagues seem cold and do not care about your existence in general. This is the corporate world though and many other places can present with a similar icey corporate  atmosphere. I often found myself micromanaged and nitpicked for little things and I never felt appreciated or valued. Management offered some support and although they have an open door policy, I never felt heard or understood if they needed to backoff on assigning more work due to extremely high caseload. I never felt listened to as an employee and the managerial style is punitive at best. They will keep piling on the work and wonder why you fail. I feel like clients were of the lowest priority and if you really care about the clients and want to serve them first before the needs of the company, you will find yourself at odds. In my particular department, they couldn't retain hardly any employees and never made changes to have better retention. All this company cares about is the bottom line which makes sense as they are for-profit. But this company is so hypocritical with their policies, expecting subordinates to follow draconian policy while management does not follow it themselves. This company is also very cliquey and if you are not favored by management then you will certainly know. Apply company policy fairly amongst the employees. Very few individuals went out of their way to make me feel welcome. People are scared to speak in the office sometimes as you always feel as though management is watching your every move which makes working here miserable.They push professionalism but gossip is a problem, especially since it is an open-office plan. Although some people can be a nightmare to work with, there are some really caring capable and experienced people. If you need a steady paycheck, take the job and keep looking elsewhere while better opportunities may come your way. I felt like I needed to take my work home as there are not enough hours in the day to complete it. They hardly offer overtime even when you really need it to complete your tasks, especially since I was doing the work of two employees. I often felt as if I was singled out and they try to push you out of the company once they find out they don't personally like you. I also felt set up to fail by the work given to me. Deadlines are extremely hard to meet since they will not offer overtime. Management is not genuine when they ask you if they can help you. Please show employees that work so hard some appreciation. The company has given some ok bonuses before but it is measly when I consider all the extra work I did for free. If this is your only viable opportunity, take it, grow and learn as much as you can, and get out of there before you turn cold and callous like many have turned from working there over the years. If you are a contractor, they offer competitive rates. This is definitely not the best nor the worst Special Education contracting agency to work for to be completely fair. My schedule was somewhat flexible. Most work 9-5:30 or 8:30-5. They allowed some flexibility with my schedule sometimes since I have small children.

As a new ABA therapist and CPSE evaluator at Achieve Beyond, I MUST  say that this has to be the most reliable agency I have worked for since I left NYDOE. Achieve Beyond is  one of the very few agencies in NYC that has a Bi-Weekly payroll AND direct deposit!!! so its a WIN WIN! So no waiting for a WHOLE MONTH to see your HARD EARNED pay! and they REALLY DO HAVE CASES ALL OVER NYC. 

You will NEVER be without work. I actually work in my very own community! To me this can be your one stop agency!! You want to make more money you can just have to ask for more and they will be happy to give you more work!!!  Everyone at the Forest Hills office is very professional and friendly especially the CPSE evaluations dept.  They have great communication and they will send you CONSTANT reminder of when things are due and they are SUPER ORGANIZED!!!!!

Yes, their paper work for EI evaluations and SEIT cases  is  a bit much, which is why i personally chose not to do EI evals or do SEIT for them. However,  I have to say they taught me how to write a comprehensive A + EI evaluation! The EI evaluation supervisor is very well versed in the field and knows about child development! 

Also I love that they are expanding throughout the state! 

As for the negatives:

1, LOWEST rates in the city- they are one of the lowest paying agencies sadly together with their counterpart AAK (still no comparison). An incentive/increase/bonus would be nice. Maybe for 100% productivity???
2. NO interaction with other therapist/professionals in the field-would be nice to have a meet and greet or some free in-house workshops  
3. PAPER WORK  some things are just really NOT THAT necessary!!!
4. Independent contractors like myself don't  get invited to company parties or get in on the perks of the company. I would like some Achieve Beyond Merch!
5. No REAL room for growth, if you seek an administrative position as a therapist/educator, the pay is too low for your education and for your work experience.
6. You have to figure out your own schedule and as a newbie it may be challenging. No one is really there to coach you or to support you on how  to maximize your productivity. In this field Time, distance and productivty matter!  

Hopefully my review brings about some nice changes for the independent therapist!

My experience these last few months have been extraordinary at Achieve Beyond. Everyone from the front desk to upper management have been very warm, welcoming, encouraging, understanding and willing to help or answer any questions. They value their employees and make sure they feel appreciated. There's a lot of room for growth within the company. My training was thorough and efficient in helping to understand the role every department plays and the importance of the procedures in place. Part of my training included training with other departments for a short time each day, which was beneficial in my current position. I feel at home within my department as everyone is so encouraging and maintain a positive work/social support and environment. As I'm still new, there are some things I'm just discovering, like the events that are held. There's usually something for every holiday including Autism Awareness Month, which is in April and the company is planning for several events in order to raise money for Austism Speaks.

Due to the nature of the work, every single employee's work is extremely time sensitive and, while I definitely do not mind the work in any way and love and enjoy it, I feel personally that more time should be provided in relation to the workload. Supervisors & management definitely encourage taking lunch away from the desk as there are even books and magazines in the break room, but I've felt the need to eat lunch at my desk for some time now in order to be able to complete the given tasks in a day, which is the case for many employees as I've observed. Lastly, I feel that the salary could be better for the amount of workload given. I understand entry level position can only offer so much, but given that minimum wage has increased, it's only fair to increase the entry level salary, which is practically minimum wage. Especially given that there's not much of a raise to speak of or overtime allowed much of the time.

You are just a warm body filling a spot.

Such an unprofessional, toxic, law breaking company. Managers all bad mouth each other to employees and create such an unprofessional environment. They are dumb enough to send it through email and text how much they hate the ceo. Compliance officer, aka ceos husband should loose his job for allowing managers and HR director to operate the way they do.

I was told I can’t work overtime, but my boss would make me finish tasks after work hours. I’m tired of working for free. I told my manager I wanted to get paid for working after hours. She said we’ll talk about it later, and never brought it up again. HR knows were not being paid and do nothing about it. They see when emails are being sent, and know we’re not getting paid when I send an email at 6:45pm but clocked out at 5:30. HR allows the company to break federal and state labor laws, and ceo keeps them all on payroll. 

CEO, assistant, and management stayed home when covid hit in March, while the rest of us had to come to work until the company was forced to let us work from home. Profit over people here.

I’ve been doing two jobs and asked if I could get paid more. They gave us all a 2% raise (38 cents)to shut us up since we worked through covid and didn’t have the money for our bonus. I was told we’re on a hiring freeze, there’s no money in the budget, but an employee in another department just got thousands of dollars in a raise for 1 job, and she had way less time with the company than most of us. If you hate the company as much as that employee does, you’ll get a raise too. At this point, I had enough. This company is saving thousands of dollar a month by forcing employees to perform their job plus jobs they were not hired to do. I stayed here because I needed a paycheck, but I am done. You do not hold value in managements eyes. They will lie to your face. You will leave work everyday miserable, unsupported, and stressed. 

I’m looking for a real job with real leadership because my mental health is more important. 

I have had the opportunity to work at Achieve Beyond in different areas of the company. The organization has a clear mission – to provide the highest quality of services to children and families, ensure compliance with regulating authorities, and maintain a leading and exemplary role within the industry. As a result, the company invests in its clinical supervision for service providers, its training and professional development for clinical and administrative staff, and tech resources, to ensure services are monitored as quickly, and as consistently, as possible. Individuals aligned with the company's mission, who prove to be dedicated, professional, and eager to learn, will thrive within the company. There are many opportunities for professional growth and development, as the challenges are constant and the volume of services is increasing. Many of the company’s managers started in entry-level positions, and have grown professionally, leading teams and overseeing serious and complex operations.

After a year of mental and physical strain, the nightmare came to an end. Management should be encouraging and always available to help their employees. Instead they use condescending tones, speak badly of you to other coworkers, and actively complain instead of trying to alleviate the strain from the massive workload that is put upon you with unreal expectations. You are overworked, berated, and even micromanaged to the point that they have the audacity to try and restrict your bathroom times. Instead of working they are sitting there timing how long you take to do your business. I have never felt so anxious in a workplace before. They expect you to sit in your cubicle for 8-9 hrs a day with no bathroom breaks and only pay for a 30 minute lunch break. If you enjoy not utilizing the bathroom, being watched and monitored as if you are some kind of criminal and get paid an unlivable wage, then this is the place for you. Let’s not forget the children they have in management positions gossiping all day instead of working. This company is hilariously mismanaged, has an HR department that is careless and not helpful in any way, and has successfully created an anxious unbearable workplace. Finally, the amount you are paid does not even begin to cover the amount of work you are given and expected to produce within a day. A company of unreal expectations and overall mismanagement breeds a horrible work environment. HR also has you write a positive review right in front of them on this very site after 6 months of working with them. Why would a company need that so desperately from their employees? The best part of working in this office is getting leave at the end of the day and breathe. Oh and subpar bagels once a month.

Company should be investigated for breaking labor laws. I was forced to work while off the clock to get my work completed. My entire department would stay and work after we clocked out. Don't expect to ever take a break because I had to work during my lunch breaks to. I had to adjust my punches to show I took a 30 minute unpaid break even though I never did because my manager had me working. 

My role was "expanding" was their way to get out of paying me more money for other people's work.  I stayed this long because I loved the families I worked with. People are constantly leaving so be prepared to do their job too. HR is a joke. Only there to protect upper management. We all leave because of how terrible the managers are. My manager created an aggressive work environment and HR knew about it. Such a joke when we are told if you have concerns, please bring it to HR or your manager. They are the problem, so good luck with reporting themselves. I tried to talk to someone once but nothing changed, so I decided to leave. They would rather loose 20 great and loyal employees, than fire a toxic manager.

Get everything in writing because if it is discussed on the phone, it never happened. HR tried to make me write a good review right in front of them with an iPad during an interview, after working with the company for a few months. Any positive review is fake on here and forced. I worked here for almost two years. CEO is running the company into the ground and allowing management to behave unethically and illegally. You'll make more money at McDonalds and have less stress!

I used to love my job. I loved the mission of the company and helping facilitate services, but the lack of organization and care from upper management outweighed my love for the job. 
The work hours are 9-5:30, but you will regularly work after hours to feel like you are remotely close to catching up on work. Due to recent events, the company has decided to downsize which means more work with less employees, yet the pay stays exactly the same. 
Because of this, many people have decided to leave the company because of burnout from doing a 2 person job without extra compensation and lack of understanding from superiors. Even with 3 people in my department alone leaving in the past 2 months, they refuse to hire more people. One would think with 3 people gone you would at least raise the hourly rate of the current employee’s left to pick up the work by at least a dollar or two. 
HR also likes to do these company surveys that have no real value to them being that the issues that were brought up were met with promises of free lunch totes and our bonuses cut in half. One would think during a time of crisis a company would strive to support their employees any way possible and not run them dry because they are trying to cut corners. 
Lastly, when employees give honest feedback, please do not dismiss their concerns as something “we just have to figure out” or “you can’t please everyone”, especially when it comes to COVID related concerns with working in the office  or an unachievable workload. 

I have worked at Achieve Beyond for a little over a year and would recommend to any and every one! 

In the current work environment, I can assure you that there is no other company like Achieve Beyond. So many of my close friends and family work at companies today where they feel as though they are just a body in a seat, doing tons of work for little reward, only used as a ploy to bring in money. At Achieve Beyond, I have been consistently treated as a valued member of a TEAM, working towards the common goal of providing the highest quality of services to children who need it most. My coworkers/manager provide me with consistent training and support when needed, and everyone is always willing to lend a helping hand.

The CEO is one of the primary reasons why this company is so great. She makes it a priority to get to know each and every employee. She has an open door to anyone who needs her - she is an excellent teacher, listener, and problem solver. Of course she wants the company to prosper, but she is the first one to acknowledge the accomplishments of her employees because she knows that the success of Achieve Beyond is defined by the success of its staff. She truly wants us to feel recognized for our efforts and our opinions to be heard.

I am extremely grateful to my supervisor and to this company for giving me the opportunities I have been offered thus far. If you want work for a company who cares about its employees and whose mission you can proudly support, apply to Achieve Beyond!


I used to enjoy my job immensely, coming in every day and feeling valued while maintaining a balanced workload in a happy department. Unfortunately due to some changes in structure I currently find myself barely able to keep up despite keeping a strong work ethic. I spend 10 hour days trying to maintain unrealistic goals as instead of quality, everything is numerically calculated and we all feel burnt out in my department. I miss the old structure tremendously. However on the plus side my coworkers maintain strong attitudes, we have good benefits, the office is located in a good area and the higher ups are always available for questions. Though this job needs more balance, I am always one of the last ones to leave the office because I'm so busy, and I feel that the workload is so unrealistic that I can't deliver everything right away. I like being busy and I feel secure in my role however it has been too much as of late. I also do not feel that I am compensated for the amount of time and energy I place into my role, though at the same time I very much like servicing kids in the way that we do. Everyone in the office truly loves the mission of the company and it shows. At the same time we need more balance, I think the work hours of 9-5:30 for a for profit company is uncommon. Also to note there are 15 days of pto a year, this includes sick days, vacation everything.

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