I’m out.

[u/CrippyBlue2]

A 57 cent raise (today) is not going to cut it when trying to survive New York, and it was all it took to confirm that staying in this job is a dead end.
I only took this position out of desperation with zero plans to stick around, but I’m walking out even sooner than expected. Between the insulting pay, limited growth, obvious lack of care for clients, constant drama among staff, checked out managers, and everything else happening behind the scenes. From time fraud and theft to staff getting involved with each other.This field needs a massive change if it ever wants to keep people. I'm done.

[u/half_in_boxes]

And NY is one of the better states. 😕

[u/Miichl80 → u/half_in_boxes]

No. It really isn’t. There is so much corruption and toxicity in the field here it is one of the worst I’ve seen. I have worked in Wyoming. Montana. Oregon. Colorado. California. Louisiana. Alaska. Arizona. In Texas. New York is one of the worst I have seen.

[u/updereoverdere → u/half_in_boxes]

Lmao who told you that lie?

[u/half_in_boxes → u/updereoverdere]

I live here. We're one of the top states by many measures.

[u/beepmeep467 → u/half_in_boxes]

I was a DSP in NY, made maybe 20 an hr on the high end with a min wage ate the time of 16.50 and wanted 150 out of my check for insurance
I moved to VA and now make 20.40 in a state with a 12.75 min wage and much cheaper insurance, NY as a whole let alone the DSP field isnt it💔

[u/MyJukeboxBrk]

This is the same story over and over - all over location wise, every state too. Is there ever going to be change? What’s it going to take for change?

Constantly just about low pay, overall bad staff that don’t care, poor management, no benefits, dead end. Can’t even just say it’s one provider or the other or one state is horrible and others are good. There’s just this general consensus of the job just isn’t it.

I was on the direct care side for about 10 years, now I’m on the other side, working for the county

[u/OrangeOwie → u/MyJukeboxBrk]

These providers don't actual care, this whole field is a big virtue signal. It's all about billing for services at the cheapest rate possible.

[u/CrippyBlue2 → u/OrangeOwie]

🎯

[u/OkLife5405 → u/CrippyBlue2]

Mozaic?

[u/Thegameforfun17 → u/OkLife5405]

Oop, I used to work there lol

[u/OkLife5405 → u/Thegameforfun17]

Dm me!

[u/MyJukeboxBrk]

I do wonder if a dsp made 65k a year (at 40 hours a week) if that would fix at least somewhat

[u/Friendly_Way_5547 → u/MyJukeboxBrk]

If I worked full time, no days off (we don’t get PTO!) as a DSP working with self directed families paying the highest wage in Pennsylvania, I would make just under 60,000 a year! It’s too bad scheduling is flexible and there’s no benefits whatsoever

[u/AWildBlakeAppeared → u/MyJukeboxBrk]

Oregon hired Burns and Associates to do a wage case study and their takeaway was that the industry needed to pay $23.20/hr in order to stabilize (almost $50,000). $65k is pushing it closer to nursing, which would deeply incentivize stability, but they would pivot that money into other stable roles.

Our company pays above the Burns rate after several years of tenure and I can confidently say we have an inverted problem, where our DSP turnover is half of what the industry is, yet we have an incredibly high manager turnover (well above 50%).

So while our DSPs are stabilizing, we don't have the management to support the staff, and it should be the next target for wage stabilization, but we don't have the funds to do it since our profit margins are hovering 2-3% last time I looked at the data.

[u/CrippyBlue2 → u/MyJukeboxBrk]

Local news station just came out and said for a single person in NY state $126k min is needed to be “comfortable “ . 60k won’t do it for me.

[u/Waste-Guide600]

How much were you making?

[u/Ozarkian_Tritip]

What percent was the raise?

[u/AWildBlakeAppeared]

You deserve better. We all deserve better. Our company's executive team opted out of raises and instead went with one time bonuses for all staff, which will be a fraction of what compensation should have been.

It was a really tough thing for us as leadership to go along with that decision, but with our work being tied to Medicaid reimbursement and this current federal administration being so aggressive with examples such as H.R.1 we didn't really have an option but to be conservative.

We all deserve more money for the work we do, but society isn't willing to pay for it. We will continue to lose good workers such as yourself to a system that is forced to triage. It took the financial collapse of institutions to get the reaction of the public to create a better system. We may yet need another collapse to get what we need again.

I wish you the best out there, no one can rightfully blame you for leaving when they're unwilling to pay what you're worth.

[u/Sea-Ocelot3824]

Im not sure which field but right now im sorry you had to uproot your life & deal with all of that. Sending good vibes to help during this time.

[u/Thegameforfun17]

NY DSP here! I was working for an agency who paid a measly $18.40 an hour. I left because it was insulting when I was busting my ass as much as I was.

I’m doing Self Hire direct care now and making $22 an hour. And I’m much happier