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

62% 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
5.0
May 1, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Great organization with a great mission. You really feel that your work directly impacts lives of people with T1D. I feel that I am fully utilizing my skills every day supporting our volunteers and donors. Good work environment and amazing new offices in the heart of New York City. The CEO is very transparent in his thinking and has a great vision for the organization. He thinks people first and has made all accommodations to keep the incredible health insurance we have available to our team mates that have been furloughed. We have been really fortunate to pivot to work from home in a blink. The transition couldn't be easier thanks to our Technology group. Great forward thinking!

Cons

There is still some legacy thinking still there even after furloughs.

5.0
Apr 24, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing environment and great staff , I've been part of JDRF for close to a year now and it has been by far the best work experience I've had in my career. The technology department under went a major restructure when I joined and I became acclimated to the work culture and my colleagues very quickly. It's a true work family and I'm grateful to the CTO for his leadership, without the restructure and new technology the entire Organization would have found it difficult to handle the COVID-19 pandemic . If it wasn't for the leadership and foresight of our CTO and technology team JDRF may have been deeply impacted from this current global crisis. I've also noticed some really harsh and negative reviews on here directed toward our technology department, not sure where this is coming from but it seems like people have become bitter due to the recent organizational downsizing. JDRF will continue to thrive because of the strength of our donors and the importance of our cause, to find a cure for T1D #Strongertogether

Cons

None that I have to report

2.0
Mar 19, 2020

Stay Far Away

Recommend
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Pros

Working with some great volunteers and leaders.

Cons

Staff are asked to make positive reviews on Glassdoor- instead of actually doing something to make the staff happier. Absolutely unstable National Directory and constant Re-Orgs. Regional Staff are incompetent to see where there are real problems in chapters and do not value the time and energy the actual Chapter stuff put in versus the Executive Directors who in many chapters do nothing to support the actual budget. National Walk staff refuse to see that their ideas for the Walk are non-inventive and their "V1P" tents and lanyards after 5 years still aren't making a difference to those who fundraise. Chapter staff are expected to do everything from graphic design, run the local website and social media outlets, large and small event planning, fundraising, sell sponsorships, donor stewardship and problem resolution with most of the time only a staff of 3. National departments are very cliquey and do not listen to the advice of donors or staff. The most salary increase you can get year over year is 3% no matter how hard you've worked or went over your goals. Pay scales are completely all over the place despite "cost of living." Your co-worker in a similar city could be making $10K more than you a year or more. Inefficient and old school mentalities in leadership while we are living in a progressive time. You will meet to meet to death - meetings after meetings. Staff are mentally and emotionally abused, you will never do enough, so why try. You can hit your budget and get a pat on the back and then they come back and tell you to do more. There is literally no break, you are expected to run all events annually despite the crossover in donors and sponsors. So every day you are pulled in every direction possible.

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