Burned out from bad management

Venting

I've been working in this field for 7 months now working 42-50 hours a week. I want to keep this job for at least a year for the resume experience, but it's difficult. The company I work for is horrible. They've brought back people who were proven for neglect, ignored medication being stolen or thrown away by staff, let staff members rack up multiple med errors without any consequences, and the good majority of upper management is related, so anything that happens is brushed under the rug for the sake of family.

I'm the only staff member in my house who does anything, which sucks for me and the clients. Most the staff who works here spend most of their shift in their cars, so dinner is never made for the clients, the house is filthy, and my behavioral client is always one dropped spoon away from blowing up.

Over half of the staff at this company don't document, and then come state audit time, there are people dedicated to faking all the missing documentation. I work night shift on the weirdest schedule I've ever been on. It's 1 on, 1 off, 1 on, 1 off, 3 on, 1 off, 1 on, 1 off, 1 on, 3 off, then repeats. This leaves me with only two weekends a month I'm not either working the morning or the evening. Social life is nonexistent, obviously, and my relationship with my spouse is strained because of the odd scheduling.

My breaking point today was hearing from my client that my direct supervisor was talking to my client about the disabilities I have. I was forced to disclose these disabilities to my direct supervisor while requesting a different schedule, which is the only reason they themselves know to begin with. Disclosing them to a client as casual conversation is insane to me.

I was already debating resigning because a staff member in my house was reported for neglect and just got brought back to work with the exact same clients he neglected. It's hard to fight for my clients when the agency I work for is only concerned about passing audits and how well they can fake things so they pass those audits.

Posted Jun 7, 2026, 4:48 AM UTC

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