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Compassion International

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Compassion International reviews

4.3

86% would recommend to a friend

(423 total reviews)
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Jimmy Mellado

89% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Compassion International has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 423 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Compassion International 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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423 reviews
1.0
Oct 16, 2017

Lost Mission

Anonymous employee
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Pros

"Moral" and "Nice" place if that is all you want as a professional and believer.

Cons

Compassion is a great place to NOT grow professionally, personally or spiritually. Professionally you sit in meeting after worthless meeting to have nothing to show. It is analysis paralysis and all leadership has to say is that they hope value is found in it. Personally you are to care for yourself and advocate for the mission through innovation and efficiency but you get destroyed when you challenge things. Spiritually if you say you are a Christian, you are in. They do not truly seek the heart of God, put discipleship in place or place themselves at a higher standard. As long as they are not doing "as bad" as other ministries or organizations/companies then they are doing well and expect God to bless them continually. They have lied and told employees to lie to sponsors. Kids that are no longer in the program or the country no longer allows Compassion to work there, Compassion has just switched out similar looking kids and hope that sponsors don't notice. If sponsors do notice then they are just told that it was a technical error and apologize. Pizza parties and elaborate "retreats" are put in place without really considering the purpose of being there. No one speaks out because they are fine with a political answer given or are enjoying the great benefits, fancy workplace, etc.

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Compassion International Response
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Thank you for the opportunity to respond to this concern. Whenever a sponsored child leaves Compassion's program, we do offer the sponsor an opportunity to help another child in poverty. We first try to find a child of the same age and gender and who attends the same Compassion child development center as the original sponsored child. This, of course, is done completely upfront and through direct communication with the sponsor. We have never, nor would we ever try to replace a sponsor’s child without the sponsor’s knowledge. Had the person who submitted this review simply asked, we could have explained our process for finding an available child for a sponsor who has gone through the traumatic experience of losing a sponsored child. We apologize for any confusion about this process.
4.0
Aug 26, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Each employee knows the impact their contribution makes on releasing children from poverty. The org does a great job of internally communicating mission.

Cons

Managers and directors are often not who they portray themselves to be. I left because my boss wanted me to break the law in relation to HIPPA. Knowing internal practices it's likely I was marked non-rehire-able by him before he was fired for misconduct. Often employees are made miserable by terrible leaders micromanaging them.

2.0
May 29, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- Amazing work done in the developing world, they are making a true difference in the lives of many children: bringing hope, real resources, and Jesus.

Cons

- Your quality of life is very dependent on who your manager is and unfortunately there are many people promoted based on who they know rather than ability to effectively support and encourage direct reports. - HR is poorly managed. - Very wasteful spending in many areas by people who are seen as "important" while less senior employees can't get approval for necessary training and resources.

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