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      2.9

      45% would recommend to a friend

      (169 total reviews)
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      Daniel Malone

      52% approve of CEO

      45% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      DESC has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 169 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The DESC employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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      169 reviews
      3.0
      Jul 11, 2017

      There's a disconnect

      Shelter counselor
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The clients are great, once you take the time to get to know them as individuals. You feel like you're actually doing something for these people.

      Cons

      It's a tough job. It's really hard, and often time it's grunt work. You see some pretty awful stuff, and it's emotional. You have to be strong to get up and go to work everyday.

      2.0
      Apr 23, 2015

      Case Manager

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great colleagues, fast pace, good benefits

      Cons

      Terrible management structure, little attention to employee safety, no support whatsoever when employees are injured or threatened by clients, bottom line is money, not clients

      4.0
      Jul 23, 2013

      Solid place to break into social work

      Case manager
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Clients are difficult but amazing, great place to learn about social work and expose yourself to truly all different ways of doing this work (people are in vastly different places in terms of mental illness, addiction and recovery), allows for a lot of freedom in how work is done with clients including a lot of outreach if desired, frequently do activities with clients in the community, great vacation benefits, agency generally prioritizes clients' needs over all others

      Cons

      Low pay, lots of paperwork (which can limit free time to do work with clients if you're bad at managing it), recent shift in management that seems to prioritize management needs vs employees, work can be difficult and exhausting--you really need to manage trauma stewardship/secondary trauma, doesn't tend to generally offer vast opportunities in terms of employee growth (i.e. supervision hours for licensure, training budgets, higher-level trainings, flexibility around educational needs)

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