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Fit For Work

Ffw was a great company but its gone downhill. It’s fine if your looking to start your career in the industrial setting because our clients typically treat us well and there are some good CEU opportunities. After a year or two, most people move on now. Turnover and morale is bad and we're losing clients more then ever bc of lack of consistency so job security is not good and promotions are more about luck then skill. DO NOT SIGN THE NDA. They try to make you sign it but if you dont you can find easier next jobs. And new initiatives are launched before being ready or proper communication. It ends up being up to us to piece things together as managers with little information and since we mostly work independently its everyone for themselves. Example our new company logo bc we weren’t told anything but then we randomly got a couple new uniforms mailed to us without more information. Two months later we still don’t know what to do since our website is still our old logo but our facebook page is the new one, we don’t have signage with the new logo to give our sites and no one can help us change our email signatures. No consistency or answers. Whats even worse is how terrible our new motto is: wherever you are, WE ARE. Are we spys and why are we YELLING? It’s a mess over here right now but if your willing to put up with the confusion you can get some good training for the first year or two and do some good for people and companies who need our help.

Fit For Work is really an excellent place to work. It often really truly does feel like a family. They are very focused on culture, personal growth and development. Most employees are very passionate about what they do and we are truly helping people on a daily basis. You are typically at multiple different locations, which keeps it interesting but also entails a lot of driving. Upper management is excellent, they are passionate and fun but also very professional, focused and maintain high standards. Workplace culture within the company is excellent. Workplace culture at the locations you will be servicing, and spending all of your time at may or may not be excellent. You are working in industrial settings which often are not positive. You are making a different in many of those people's lives but often the cultures there can be a drag. Work life balance at FFW is great for the most part. Compensation is fair, definitely above average for athletic trainers. But do not expect a raise anytime soon. You get a normal amount of days off but you have to either make sure your shifts are covered by your co-workers or make up the hours, which is not fun and makes your time off less worth it. Because there is a lot of driving, you might work less than 40 hours so that is really great! But your hours may be odd, so don't expect a consistent schedule if that's what you are looking for. I don't mind it! Overall, FFW is an excellent company, they work hard to hire people who are an excellent fit so that they can not only do the job well, but fit into the culture.

The mission of the company is beyond reproach, and absolutely a wonderful thing. I feel almost galant going to work, knowing that I am helping protect workers from falling into a system that is set up to milk the system for profit, rather than the wellbeing of the worker. The company does and excellent job in training new hires in their methodologies and setting them up with resources to back them up in the usually independent and often remote locations in which we are entrusted to work. Self improvement and continuing education are generously offered and encouraged, from an upbeat upper management team. I will say that the company culture is very positive, with the qualifier that it is suited more to the extroverts of the world, and those that love social media and networking...the strongly encouraged, bordering on mandated, social networking and feedback systems in place could come across as a little overwhelming to the introverts amongst us. Favorite aspect of the job is the perceived autonomy and the cool things we get to see with the varied clients we work with, and least favorite thing would probably be that the immersive company culture can be a little full on for introverts like myself.

I start my day looking forward to meeting with my clients for that day. I meet up with and walk the production/warehouse floor with a facility representative. We observe emplyees performing job tasks and I provide posture coaching or celebrate safe habits. I have learned the importance of honest and problem solving communication. My direct management has had my back since day one. They have encoruaged me to simply be me, while applying the company’s principles and concepts. The work place culture is what you make it. Often times I am not with fellow co-workers while performing my tasks. However, we communicate and encourage through texts and emails. My favorite part is getting to encourage and empower employees at every location I go to. I talk to many different people from all walks of life. I would say my least favorite part is the last minute scheduling changes that can occur. Another area that can become burdensome is the reports we send to our clients. These concerns are eased though through managaing your time as well as having management who does their best to help promote work/life balance.

Fit for Work, LLC, established in 1998, has developed a proven track record for significantly reducing injuries and associated costs in the manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution industries as well as companies utilizing a seated workstation environment and its associated ergonomic risks. Services include On-site Early Intervention and Injury Prevention Programs, Physical Demands Analysis, WorkSTEPS Post Offer Testing, Fit For Duty Testing, Health & Wellness Programs and OSHA Safety Compliance Programs. For the past 15 years Fit for Work has reduced Client's workers' compensation costs, claims, injuries, lost time and OSHA recordables by a minimum of 50% EVERYTIME through on-site early intervention and injury prevention services. Furthermore, 83% - 85% of Client's employees that are seen through on-site early intervention NEVER have to enter the health care system.

I've had it with this company. I tried to overlook the neigh sayers and keep a positive attitude but it has become increasingly worse the last year or two even as execs repeatedly tell us the contrary.  Look up what the illusory truth effect is and it describes them perfectly. Desperation is setting in because we're doing so badly in most areas of the company. We have to work longer and harder hours. We're not improving or innovating, employees are paid less per hour, no one cares what we have to say or what our clients really need, little to no support, less than average benefits, the new sales team isn't trained on what we do or they misrepresent it because they will say anything to get business yet still aren't closing as much as we used to. Overall, things are falling apart and it's become a broken record of all of us in the trenches looking for other jobs. I would recommend staying away from our company at all costs. The good we do doesn't outweigh the negatives of the company.

The culture is not good, we have very high turnover, and continue to lose a lot of clients/not good job security. Documenting is time consuming and the internal system goes down or there are errors often. Most people do not try to get promoted because they do not want to work with our executives and like taking care of our clients employees more. The executives say and pretend everything is always great but that's not true because we struggle every day but they don't seem to care. There's limited communication and we often accidentally find out about new divisions, executives, initiatives many months after they begin. Mid level managers try the best they can but it seems like they can only do so much and don't have good support. I would not recommend working here and many are actively looking for other jobs.

90+% of the time I love knowing what my schedule is going to be every week. Of course there will be variations with PTO coverage and various client needs, but overall it cannot be compared to most ATC jobs. The opportunities to learn/grow as a practitioner are great with the company lead programs. We have a great deal of communication and availability to all levels of management within Fit For Work. This is something I’ve never experienced. Our interconnected group of providers, nationally, are great to work with! We communicate with each other regularly to collaborate and grow personally and professionally on a very regular basis. The collaborative partnerships I’ve developed with my clients is incomparable to the traditional ATC/medicine world. They truly value my presence, work with me on the care of employees, as well as development of projects to benefit their employees/company.

The culture of people first is emphasized at FFW.  As a provider the "patient" comes first. At FFW both the provider and the "patient" comes first. The support and trust that management gives to allow all to succeed is huge.  I have been in upper management at other companies and the level of trust that is bestowed on me from my manager is very high, collaboration is high as is caring about me as a person.  Throughout the company that is the message and the fact that you have support both professionally and personally is amazing.  No one is just a number here.  
Beyond the culture and support the work we do here and how we impact so many peoples lives not only for their work activities but for things that will carry over into their personal lives is so rewarding.  I have worked in post injury and being on the cutting edge of prevention is so much more rewarding.

I used to really enjoy working for FFW, but the company is headed in a negative direction. It’s all about the money now and they are forgetting to take care of their clients and their own. I’ve now been with the company 4+ years and haven’t advanced or received an increase in pay. I work my butt off too. Inflation has increased drastically cutting my paycheck even more. I’ve actually started loosing money since I started.  I’ve had to get multiple jobs to survive taking even more of my time.  I’ve talked with employees on my sites with just a high school diploma that make more money than me with my Masters. Salaries across the board for the same position vary. Multiple individuals with the same title as me in the same general area are making 12-15k more with less years in the company. It needs to be standardized. 

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