Got recruited to work as an RBT for a company. I already quit as a BCBA😫
So I got this email from today. (Screenshot attached — yes, the placeholders are still in there. They didn’t fill out the template.)
They’re recruiting for part-time RBT positions across NC.
I have a BCBA. However, this is nothing new if you’re in a recruitment e-mail system as an RBT it usually doesn’t get updated.
But here’s the full picture: A few months ago I actually accepted a position with Achievements. I resigned before taking a single case. The case was four hours away from me, so supervision would have been fully virtual. The client was an older kid with aggression. When I asked about the technician, they could not guarantee anyone with more experience than their initial onboarding (not even the 40 hour RBT training). First session. Possibly brand new tech. Aggressive adolescent. BCBA on a screen four hours away.
I wasn’t comfortable with that and I walked.
This is also a major metro area. This was not an unsolvable staffing problem — it just wasn’t a priority.
Fast forward to today: they’re scrambling to hire RBTs across the state. Not because of a values shift. Because NC credentialing requirements are changing and they legally have to. It’s cheaper to recruit somebody already registered than train them yourself.
And they sent the recruitment email to someone already in their system as a former hire. Who left over the exact problem they’re now being forced to fix. With the template placeholders still in it.
Glad I trusted my gut.