Janus of Santa Cruz does a great job treating addiction, but a poor job of caring for its employees, writes Holly Rowan Chandler, who worked at Janus from 2023 until 2024. Here, Chandler outlines her frustration at the pay gap between those doing the emotionally taxing work of caring for people with addiction and the salary of the Janus CEO: “The CEO’s raise in just one year exceeded the annual salary of some employees and resulted in the CEO’s salary being double the state’s median salary for nonprofit CEOs in 2023, as reported by ZipRecruiter.” Something, she insists, needs to change.
