Unsustainable, performative, focus on numbers rather than care for patients or providers - Recensione dipendente - Therapist presso Equip

2,0
7 mar 2023
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- Better pay, PTO, and benefits than other ED treatment centers where I have worked - Attempts to foster a sense of community with virtual provider events, etc. - though this felt like it got harder and harder as the company continued to grow

Svantaggi

- Caseloads are way too high, completely unsustainable for providers. Expectation is that providers work at over 100% of their capacity on a relatively regular basis, when even working at 90-100% of capacity feels like too much. Even when therapists are screaming that they can absolutely not take a single additional patient, they are forced to do so because Equip refuses to keep a waitlist for patients. Patients then get assigned to therapists who are so burned out that they cannot possibly provide adequate care that patients deserve. - Frequently take on families that are not appropriate for FBT; it is on the therapist and the rest of the treatment team to try to "convince" families that FBT is their best bet when this is very clearly not true in every case, and there are times when FBT is clearly harmful. Equip feels like an FBT cult - Leadership claims to be open to feedback but consistently ignores feedback from providers who are the ones actually in the trenches working with patients - When providers voice their concerns, can be met with statements from leadership such as "Most people are happy at Equip, so if you are not we encourage you to find a workplace where you are happier" <-- rather than addressing the problems, blames it on employee. Gaslighting at its finest! - Therapist turnover very high - Leadership claims to value self-care, but willing to burn out providers to get more clients - focus is on quantity and not quality - Upper management is too focused on profits and numbers - this comes at the expense of the providers and the patients. Patients routinely switch from provider to provider because the model is unsustainable and providers leave - Performative allyship. Claims to want to serve marginalized communities, but becomes defensive when marginalized people within the company speak up. Leadership primarily composed of thin, white, cisgender women from academia

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Risposta di Equip
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From: The Equip Executive Team Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry that your experience at Equip has not been as positive as we strive for it to be. Since our Founding, we have committed to consistently collecting and analyzing feedback from our employees and evolving our practices, and we are proud of the many ways in which Equipsters have helped us evolve. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

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5,0
6 ott 2025
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Advanced technology Respect for others Open communication Great leadership

Svantaggi

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1,0
24 mag 2026
Consiglia
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Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

- The patient population is one that genuinely deserves quality, specialized care - A remote model has real potential, if executed correctly - I met some great friends

Svantaggi

This organization has serious structural and ethical problems that place both providers and patients at significant risk. What follows is a pattern of institutional failures that clinical staff experience daily. **Licensing & Compliance** Providers have been pressured to practice in states where they are not licensed and asked to misrepresent information on licensing applications. Inaccurate information has been provided regarding licensing and credentialing requirements. These are not administrative oversights, they are legal and ethical violations that put providers' licenses on the line. **Patient Safety** There are little to no criteria for medical clearance prior to admission. Patients have been admitted without signed consent forms. Providers cannot discharge patients who require a higher level of care which in turn creates the illusion of care and delays getting patients to the appropriate level of care needed for recovery. The organization routinely expects clinicians to practice outside their scope, including in areas like palliative care, without appropriate training, credentials, or support. **Clinical Autonomy** Scheduling is micromanaged to a degree that is both exhausting and demeaning, with audits enforcing identical week-over-week hours and virtually no flexibility. Non-clinical office staff dictate clinical workflows. Access to patient records is arbitrarily restricted - labs older than two weeks and charts older than three months have been deemed off-limits without supervisor approval, creating clinically dangerous delays. Delegation of care is discouraged; providers are expected to manage it themselves under the guise of relationship-building/PR. **Work Conditions** Providers are expected to be available well beyond 40 hours per week. Patients have unrestricted direct messaging access around the clock, with little to no structural boundaries in place to protect provider well-being. **Culture & Leadership** When patients abuse staff, leadership's response has been to tell providers to develop thicker skin rather than intervene. Legitimate clinical concerns are met with toxic positivity and dismissal. Burnout is not addressed by reducing unreasonable demands, instead, providers are being told they cannot hold a second job. Nurses, MAs, NPs, PAs, and physicians go unrecognized during their respective appreciation weeks. There is no meaningful path for professional growth. Most alarmingly, the organization is now hiring staff with no eating disorder experience to care for a medically complex and vulnerable population. This is not a minor gap, eating disorder care requires specialized training, and placing undertrained clinicians in these roles is a patient safety issue.

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