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
2.0
May 11, 2018

Really disappointing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Mission is real and important

Cons

HQ management is really poor All over the place and full of themselves, particularly at the top. Not helpful to staff and field (they think they are!). Don’t really have an appreciation for actual work. Constantly wastes peope’s time

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Breakthrough T1D Response
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Thank you for this feedback. We could not agree more that JDRF's mission is so important, and thank you for all that you're doing to help end T1D. We'd love to hear about your concerns. We truly want to do better. Please email talentacquisition@jdrf.org if you'd be open to a conversation.
3.0
Sep 17, 2022

People of Color Beware

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

— Compensation is mostly fair for the roles and the corresponding responsibilities. — Good benefits — Nice people for the most part — Office is closed between Christmas and New Year — If you have an internal champion on the E-Team, then you can get away with not doing work.

Cons

— Promotion and compensation mostly depend on if senior management likes you. — Uneven workload for the same role; again it comes down to who you know. — JDRF’s diversity efforts are a joke. The DEI employee group is controlled by two white men whose mindset is stuck in the 1960s and applauds “progress” such as letting people of color join the committee but have no say in what actions to take or decisions made. — You have to be the “right” color to be taken seriously on DEI, and that color is White. — There is a very real glass ceiling for people of color. — The employee performance evaluation is a very questionable process, as there is set number of people who can get high marks.

1.0
Jun 10, 2021

Just Don't!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

dedicated volunteers, engaged program participants, worthy cause

Cons

Not enough staff means working 60-70 + hours a week. Mostly just to keep your boss happy and try to meet/exceed revenue goals. If you work here, make sure your first priority is making your boss like you. Most important. JDRF monitors everything you do and evaluates the time you take to complete a task. Keyboard strokes, telephone calls, etc. Very invasive. Even if you meet/exceed goals, you will be nitpicked about your use of time. Don't waste time engaging with anyone other than your boss.. Also, JDRF doesn't care about programs/services they say are available. The programs they have are just for marketing that they help so people will donate and fundraise. People, other than to give or raise donations, mean nothing. When goals are met, they're constantly increased (by a lot). Good is never good enough. Huge staff turnover because they don't care about employees or anyone else. This is a money making business packaged as a nonprofit, which pays huge salaries and bonuses to leadership. However, until you get way up the Food Chain, you will be constantly harassed to do more. No matter how much you exceed goals. They just move the mark and focus on what they deem your shortcomings. Its about being liked.. Burn out job. No loyalty to employees. Always ready to throw employees under the bus. Hard pass on this organization.

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