Breakthrough T1D reviews

3.5

69% would recommend to a friend

(359 total reviews)
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Aaron J. Kowalski, Ph.D.

75% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Breakthrough T1D has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 359 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Breakthrough T1D employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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359 reviews
3.0
Oct 16, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice office, great benefits, solid HR professionals

Cons

Normalizing working above the normal hours despite no overtime, lack of culture and socialization between employees, people take 30 mins for lunch and sometimes less

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Breakthrough T1D Response
7y
Please note JDRF Canada is a separate entity from JDRF International. Our international affiliates are valued partners in the worldwide effort to turn Type 1 into Type None. Each international affiliate its own organizational structure and its own CEO.
2.0
Jan 14, 2019

Not a long-term career prospect

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Being involved with a good cause. Work-life balance is ok. Good people in many departments, albeit never for very long.

Cons

Very high turnover of good employees, both voluntary and involuntary. Two key departments in the Toronto office are run by groups of people who came from the same place. Management seems to struggle with the same problems over and over again.

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Breakthrough T1D Response
7y
Please note JDRF Canada is a separate entity from JDRF International. Our organizations are valued partners in the worldwide effort to turn Type 1 into Type None. Each international affiliate has its own structure and its own CEO.
1.0
Jul 19, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Fantastic cause that needs to be amplified on a wider stage. - Amazing families taking part year on year - Corporate support is incredible

Cons

- Bullying management - Aggressive approach to fundraising - Targeted irrationally with a boiler room feel - Employed as fundraising staff, left feeling under utilized, under supported and as though my skillset had depleted. I worked at JDRF and joined under some absolutely amazing management. In fact, the management I joined under were a very big reason for my taking of the position. Sadly the pandemic resulted in many restructures, team changes and redundancies - this is where the problem began. I wouldn't recommend working at JDRF in it's current state to anyone. It forced me to a really awful place. Management pretend to care, they clearly don't. From the moment I handed my notice in, I wasn't spoke to, addressed or interacted with by the team director. These are truly actions that make you feel worthless. Many, many people feel the same way & since my departure I know of many, many other team members who have left.

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