Pros
Great working with families, getting to know corporate sponsors, helping with outreach and education, spending time with families at events, teaching volunteers how to raise money through underwriting and major sponsorships, and the excellence of the research progress. Great training is provided.
Cons
Back biting, burn-and-churn environment. No matter how much you raise, supervisors want more, are critical, show favoritism, refuse to have support staff, require ample travel and training; along with management of all events, activities and outreach. BURN OUT JOB. Lots of turn over. At the local level, staff are treated like dirt. Even surpassing goals isn't enough for them. Working at JDRF is 60-hour- per- week minimum job that requires availability 24/7. Through the computer they track what you are spending time on, as well as the phone. You are watched scrumptiously, as if you are a criminal. You will be subject to abject humiliation on a regular basis. During your time study, you'll be told to lie and list all fundraising activities as community outreach so they can say they only spend pennies on the dollar to operate. It is 100% bogus. Trainings involve flights, lavish, upscale hotels, catered dinners with wine, ability for staff to take board members and sponsors to pricey meals. If only donors knew the truth.
