Compensation
Feeling really conflicted about my current position and how I’ve been treated from a compensation perspective. I’m provisionally licensed in a hybrid mezzo/micro role with a population I really love working with, and there aren’t a lot of agencies who specialize in this population. I was hired on at a salary rate with the expectation that I got my caseload up to a certain # in the first 6 months. The agency has been going through a growth spirt, and referrals haven’t been coming in. There was a lot of pressure put on clinicians to “get our caseloads up” with no clear direction, then suddenly decreased mine and some other clinicians to a base salary of a significant decrease and revenue split for clients seen weekly. Their presentation of this info was terrible and felt punitive, but I love the population so much and other aspects of the job that I thought I’d try to make it work. I’ve busted my ass to get my caseload up, but realized I wasn’t getting paid for all of the sessions. When I asked about this I was told that some of our contracts include “5 free” sessions for clients and that we’re not compensated for those. I went back and forth with HR/leadership about this and was offered a moderate salary increase, but this essentially makes up for ~2 sessions/week. Next week, 8 out of 16 of my clients are in the “5 free” window. I know this isn’t sustainable for me but I feel so emotionally invested in this job and love every other aspect. I just feel so defeated and like this isn’t fair treatment, but don’t know if I should just move on or keep trying to push them for a better compensation structure.