behavior technician

therapist

licensed practical nurse

clinical director

floor nurse

Hickory Recovery Network

The organization exhibits a friendly atmosphere among most coworkers, fostering a sense of camaraderie and support. However, there are significant challenges related to overall management and workplace culture. The lack of congruence and organization at the regional level has often led to confusion and disempowerment among employees. 

Leadership communication and direction could benefit from increased clarity and alignment with staff values. This has sometimes resulted in a chaotic work environment lacking healthy feedback and constructive dialogue. This management style can hinder team morale and productivity, as employees may hesitate to share ideas or seek solutions.

On a positive note, the most rewarding aspect of the job is the opportunity to collaborate with dedicated colleagues focused on the well-being of those they serve. These individuals demonstrate commitment and care, contributing significantly to the organization's mission despite the challenges leadership presents.

While there is potential for a supportive and effective workplace, reevaluating management practices and improved communication could significantly enhance the work environment for all employees.

In summary, I do not recommend Hickory to those seeking a therapist or clinical director position. You will be sorely disappointed. 

A typical day of work is more stressful and dangerous than it should be due to a lack of staffing, a lack of patient criteria and incompetent management. Heads in beds is their company motto.

The only thing I learned from this experience is that the companies mission statement is for appearance purposes only and what they advertise is not what the patients or staff get.

Management is their own worst enemy, they run off any good employees they have by tolerating employees with no work ethics and keeping people in leadership roles that have no place managing others. Management is oblivious to the fact that they perpetuate this issue.

The work place culture is toxic at best. I have met some great people working there, but the great ones aren’t in managements favored click and are miserable at work and waiting for a better opportunity.

The hardest part of the job is taking direction from someone that has no business directing others. This repeatedly causes more issues than there should be. For some reason they’re of the belief that if a person has a nursing license, they’re competent enough to manage others. Anyone that’s worked in healthcare for five minutes knows that’s not even remotely true.

The most enjoyable part of the job is lunch break and clocking out.



I loved starting out working at this facility. I soon learned that many cliques existed and it was a complicated work environment. By complicated I mean most individuals wanted to walk the halls, run back to the break room constantly, or go outside and smoke without allowing other staff to know that they were leaving the floor. This created a window of opportunity for patients to act up, which could create a crisis and not have enough staff on hand when dealing with the crisis.
You had your individuals that came to work to work, and you had your individuals that came to work to flirt. Many individuals had relationships which caused conflict, such as being biologically related, friends , or in a clique with management, which created issues all around. I wish this place would do better because the patients deserve better, I have contemplated on returning to this facility because I have faith that it could be run better, and be better for our community. I also then realized that for changed to occur there has to be individuals who want change. I don’t believe there are enough individuals that want change within this facility to help make it happen.

Hickory located in Linton, IN is a great place to work. I have been employed there since the facility opened. There are several staff members that have been here from the beginning. It offers a family like environment and the staff is supportive with our goals as a team. Bonuses that are given/rewarded based on our performance as a whole facility.   
Our department is big on teamwork and helping on another when needed. Whether that be our workload, or even if family issues come up. We always try our best to support one another. Everyone shows up, low amount of call ins, and you can always count on management. Clients often say that Linton is just different from other facilities they have been to.  They feel welcomed here, and our staff always treats them with love and respect. We are a small facility with a big impact on the future of our clients.

I started out as a new nurse on third shift. After a year, I moved up to management. A year later, I was promoted again. There is so much room to grow within this company. Management has always rooted for my success and has helped me to succeed in transitioning to where I am today. Not only is there room for growth, but the job itself is rewarding. Helping people who may be at the lowest points in their lives is something that my fellow coworkers and I find gratifying. These clients are really looking for someone to be on their team to help them through these trials and tribulations. Patience is a virtue, and we strive to break down those walls with clients. Sometimes, it takes more time than others. Hickory has been a great place to work. I love how everyone joins together as a team to make it the best possible experience for clients.

What is the best part of working at the company?
3rd shift. First time I have ever worked 3rd shift. Not having face to face interaction with the therapists or those above them

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not being appreciated  by anyone but your fellow employees. Managers share intimate details about their personal lives 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Too much to do in too little time where expectation is to get it done. Working off the clock happens everyday without management knowing. If you happen to go over your hours and it’s not approved, you don’t get paid. That is a fact, that is not a disgruntled employee 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Overwhelming, over worked, under paid, unreasonable amount of expectations. Most employees on 3rd either took continuous smoke breaks or slept. Managers included

What is the best part of working at the company?
It was nice to be around some people who were educated and kind.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Corporate was very dishonest with staff. They employed us for 14 months and all of a sudden shut the entire building down. They were more concerned with the small issues rather than focusing on the important things like how to get the building open! 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Tense- no one was on the same page, each department head told their staff something different than what the leadership team had discussed, so there was a lot of drama and rumors. Corporate was very secretive so we were always walking on eggshells when they came into town.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
They barely trained me and I worked there for over a year- it was boring and frustrating.

I started working at this facility before they had even opened. It was exciting when we first started receiving clients, a very rewarding experience working with adolescents. There was virtually no training and they kept changing the rules, just making things up as they went along. There was also a high turnover of upper management, adding to rule changes and creating chaos. The clinical director they finally settled on should not be working with children. She even said, "I know I seem cold,  but I've been doing this a long time and just don't have the empathy I used to have." Sounds to me like it's time to do something else... these are CHILDREN. I did love 90% of my co-workers and 100% of the kids. But the chaos created by all the changes caused many people to get in trouble for rule changes they weren't even made aware of. The facility ended up closing due to licensing issues.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They allowed us to show up for work and paid us for months prior to the facility even being opened.


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Once we did open, the staff and management had no idea what they were doing. Psychiatric patients were being missed on with patient who were withdrawing from alcohol. Men and women combined together in the same halls.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Clueless. Corporate was all about making money and could care less about employee satisfaction.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Prior to patients, we would do crafts and watching movies. Once we got patient, the work flow was sometimes very busy. No consequences for nurses showing up late.

The job it’s self and helping the clients is the best part, but the management is terrible, very MIRCO managed, you can’t even be a minute late from break. They pick and choose when you be big boss/ getting discipline depending who you are. They don’t actually care about the clients get the census being at 90%. There is no heat or AC , half the time no toilet paper and water is in the soap bottles. It’s disgusting and never actually clean. They will make up their own rules as they go. The supervisors are a joke and bully half the employees. Also no running hot water. I would go anywhere else but here. Turn over rate is terrible for a reason. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Behavior technician 38 salaries reported	$16.49 per hour
Therapist 61 salaries reported	$66,025 per year
Licensed practical nurse 13 salaries reported	$30.27 per hour
Clinical director 59 salaries reported	$97,203 per year
Floor nurse 75 salaries reported	$31.77 per hour

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