The following anecdote comes courtesy of Kathy Carmody of the Institute on Public Policy for People with Disabilities.

An individual with intellectual disabilities, accompanied by a job coach, went on a job interview. Immediately following the interview, the job coach gave notice at his social service agency and took the job he had tried to get for his client.

The position paid better than he was getting as a job coach. I’m told that it’s not all that rare for job coaches to earn a lower hourly wage than their clients do.