Consumer Support Services, Inc.
Consumer Support Services, Inc. Employee Reviews
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Its a good place to work
Assistant Program Director (Former Employee) – Gaithersburg, MD – July 17, 2017
We worked closely with individuals with developmental challenges. Most of the programs were geared toward helping the clients to function to a level of independence.
Caring work place
HPC (Former Employee) – Lake/Geauga county – February 25, 2018
The management takes time to talk about your personal problems if your having any. When you ask for help, they step in to find a possible solution. They work as a team and have their employees and individuals best interest. All employees who have and still work for them know they turely do care and try their best to help even though they have a lot on their plates as well. Best place I ha e ever worked.
Pros
Management take time for your personal issues and always stop to lend a listening ear
Cons
Working a lot of hours due to being short staffed and HR doesn’t care.
Good but has some issues
Client Care Specialist (Current Employee) – Newark, OH – February 5, 2018
The job in itself is very good and worth while but dealing with management can be complicated. Working with the clients is the best part of the job and you get to impact someones life who needs maybe a little help to a lot.
Highly Stressful
SITE MANAGER (Former Employee) – Mentor, OH – January 25, 2018
Working with consumers is the best part of the job. High turn over rate and HR isn't ever in a hurry to hire new employees. Always short staffed. Usually work 12+ hours at a time. Employees burn out quickly. Great job if you want no life.
Pros
Consumers
Cons
Management, Pay, High Turnover Rate
Clients were the only upside to this place.
Care taker (Former Employee) – Painesville, OH – January 22, 2018
Treated horrible, signed to work certain hours then pulled and forced to work at another house when my assigned hours had been initialed by my self and supervisor. If I wasn't in agreement with any official of higher power, I was threatened with being fired
Pros
The clients gave me a sense of fufillment
Cons
The managment, hours up to almost 80 a week with no reguards to my life outside of work, poor pay, no consistent employees, they were gone in 3 days sometimes
Over worked. Not cared about.
Caretaker (Former Employee) – Painesville, OH – January 22, 2018
No matter how much you work for this company they do not care about their employers. You are just a person they can place to fill the hours. Do not recommend working here unless you want to be over worked and not cared about as an employee. They are not flexible with hours. They could careless that it’s a job and not your life. They don’t believe you have a life outside of work. The office have family working together and they show favoritism towards those. The office staff is very unorganized.
Pros
Nothing
Cons
Over worked. Unappreciated.
Never the same day
Life Coach (Former Employee) – Newark, OH – January 2, 2018
Loved working with my clients. You make your schedule that you work and it is for 2 week rotation. You are required to work everyother weekend. Plus be on call every so often. Your days are never the same. Over time is always available up to 60 hours a week.
Pros
Over time always available and never the same
Cons
Low pay
Awful company
provider for developmentally disabled (Former Employee) – Dayton, OH – December 30, 2017
CSS the Centerville office location.
Is AWFUL. Management is awful... They don't pay you for what you do. I've been an employee with them for years and they did me very dirty. I loved the individuals I worked with but they will hire any body off the streets
Is AWFUL. Management is awful... They don't pay you for what you do. I've been an employee with them for years and they did me very dirty. I loved the individuals I worked with but they will hire any body off the streets
Pros
You get to love your clients
Cons
Awful management
Rewarding.
Independent Living Assistant (Former Employee) – Painesville, OH – December 12, 2017
This job is a direct impact on people lives who look up to there care takers as role models. You help them accomplish many task that may be small to everyday people but a challenge wit there disabilities. Helping achieve goals and make special memories to last a life time is the most rewarding factor of this job.
Pros
A job that is rewarding thur the joy of helping others live a rewarding life
Cons
Not enough help to relieve workers when shift is over.
Fair
Drop Site Manager Niles (Current Employee) – Niles, OH – December 2, 2017
As management very hard to balance a work life with a personal life. But I feel it also comes with the territory of this field. Overall not a bad experience. One of the better group mrdd companies
Pros
fufilling job
Cons
diffifcult to have a personal life
It was a good learning opportunity.
Program Director (Current Employee) – Columbus, OH – November 26, 2017
It's a job environment that is right for the right person. As with most experiences in life it was a good learning opportunity. A chance to have a positive affect on young lives.
productive and fun
Direct Support Professional (Former Employee) – Independence, OH – November 16, 2017
CSS is rewarding!!
I have fun working with them.
The company does need to make better employee choices.
I was able to meet a lot of new people.
Make a difference in some ones life.
I have fun working with them.
The company does need to make better employee choices.
I was able to meet a lot of new people.
Make a difference in some ones life.
Pros
fun
Cons
bad choice of employees
Great People with solid advancment possibilities
Program Coordinator (Current Employee) – Ohio – November 9, 2017
CSS Inc. is a great company to work for. We service individuals with developmental disabilities. You can work as little or as much as you want, if you apply yourself and train at as many sites as possible. Pay is low but competitive within the industry. As an HPC you work with the same individuals everyday. Work life is very much like a family atmosphere. After leaving work for the day, I feel good that I made a difference in peoples lives. Turn over is higher than it should be, and that is mostly due to unrealistic expectations and the grass is greener mindset. If you find that taking care of someone else who cannot take care of themselves makes you feel like a better human, I highly suggest you apply.
A typical week day
Drive to work in your car
Pass out meds, make a meal, give a shower and shave, make a snack, pass out more meds, assist consumer with ADL's, document what happened and generally be friendly and helpful
A typical weekend day
All of the above +an outing to church, movie, festival or restaurant
A typical week day
Drive to work in your car
Pass out meds, make a meal, give a shower and shave, make a snack, pass out more meds, assist consumer with ADL's, document what happened and generally be friendly and helpful
A typical weekend day
All of the above +an outing to church, movie, festival or restaurant
Pros
Flexible schedule, reimbursement expenses(gas, tickets, meals)
Cons
No breaks, some would argue that your always on break.
good company
PSA (Current Employee) – Columbus, OH – October 30, 2017
bad management....supervisors always seem to be doing other things on company time then what they should and never available. Schedulers always act like its a issue to see them. Payroll sucks as far as if they messed up your check, acts like its to much of a hassel to see someone reguarding issue or if you have a problem with your money.
Productive workplace and consumers
Home health aide (Former Employee) – Canfield, OH – October 15, 2017
CSS is a good company, good environment where the houses are, great staff and managers, the culture of the workplace is diverse everyone is welcoming and respectful.
Pros
easy going workplace
Cons
no breaks
decent job if your skill set agrees
Hpc (Current Employee) – Centerville, OH – September 25, 2017
people skills needed to do well. Must pass meds. and process paperwork for consumers. take care of household duties for 3-5 people and provide transportation to doctor and other appointments
Pros
not very labor intense
Cons
stressful at times
Fun and calmed environment
Direct Care Worker (Former Employee) – Columbus, OH – September 9, 2017
I loved that job. It was open your mind out. There's people who are friendly to you. It had awesome nice environment to work there. There's few supervisor who can do sign language for the people who are deaf.
slow paced, unhealthy, unsanitary, poor management, lack of team work skills
Home Health Aide (Former Employee) – Independence, OH – September 6, 2017
css was a horrible fit for someone with children and a family. the pay is decent covering monthly bills i mean. the staff have lack of team work and drive. the management is the same. very unprofessional treat staff like trash. css is very unsanitary when it comes to the personal care of the clients.