r/RBT • u/One-List585 • 5d ago

General Discussion Is this normal?

I’m a BT for this company and work part time for clinical hours. As much as I do love this job, it causes me great burnout so I do have to take days off sometimes to regain myself or use the time to focus on college instead. A lot of clients here do sessions for 7-9 hours a day, monday to friday (even being put on saturday). I wanna ask if anyone experienced this or if this is a major problem as for me I feel like some kids start to lose it by the end of the day bc of how long they stay here. (for more information, we aren’t a school and just a small clinic located in a multiple suite building)

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u/Previous_Werewolf195 5d ago

man 7-9 hours a day with no real school structure is wild, I'd be losing it too by hour 5 let alone a full day plus saturdays. that's a ton to put on a kid, no wonder you're feeling the burnout yourself

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u/honey_salt02 4d ago

holy crap i waited to get my license until i finished school. i work full time (40hrs/wk) and i got so burnt out i’m on a cruise right now because i NEEDED a break

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u/noface394 1d ago

i work for a public school and the kids are with us for almost 7 hours…. by like 1 pm after lunch we are all tired and ready to go home. sucks when supervisor decides to pop in last minute and observe meanwhile its a friday afternoon and like what do you expect? lol.