DESC reviews

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

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
1.0
Jul 9, 2023

Inept

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None worse experience. No excuse.

Cons

Worse employer. Do nothing for clients. No changing of behavior. Glorified inept baby sitters. It's a cult if your in the clique it's like high school. Pill popping oxy, weed smoking managers. Ridiculous they need to be closed down. Have had 30 years to fix the homeless issue and are exponentially making it worse. Getting 950 million dollars. No accountability. No giving life skills or basic rules of how to function in society. Delusional.

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DESC Response
2y
Thank you for your comments. We have a strict drug-free workplace policy for DESC staff. If violations of this policy are occuring, we expect the issue to be reported so it can be appropriately dealt with. Our agency has learned that change is more permanent when we give clients autonomy to choose when/how/if they utilize the services we provide. We know we cannot force people to change. There are many causes of homelessness, and DESC is just one of many agencies working to address the crisis. Thanks to DESC, over 1,600 people have permanent places to live and more than 6,000 people receive services each year - all this on a total budget of less than $100 million per year.
3.0
Jun 30, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The company has a great idea of trying to help the homeless. Pay is pretty good as well & benefits are great & paid for the company if it's only the employee being covered.

Cons

The company lets supervisors do what they want, but then accuses the entry level employees of things that didn't happen & terminating them. The union doesn't do anything for the employees. Several instances were not handled by the union after being asked to help handle the situation, causing the entire situations to be ignored. They also allow employees to sleep, shop on Company computers, etc. instead of working. MOST Supervisors & upper management just ignore this & the notifications that they receive about it. And instead give the one who notified them a "Talking to" regarding how they notified them. They "Claim" to have an open-door policy, however some supervisors demand that you follow the "Chain of command" even though the handbook clearly states an "Open Door Policy Company" which means you can talk to whoever you want that you feel comfortable with & the handbook states this definition as well. Their policy is to wait until someone is actually being hurt before you can step in to pull them off the other person, even if it's a fellow employee. You can't have Motherly type instincts/reflexes, such as throwing your arm to the side to prevent your kid from going through the windshield or grabbing a client's jacket to prevent them from hurting several other people around them when they lunge towards them. You have to wait until they are LITERALLY beating the person/people up before you can step in. And the cops near most locations in Seattle, may or may not come to assist. So, you can't rely on them to come help. You may get a phone call several hours later asking if you still need assistance. Don't get me wrong, I fully support the police, they just drop the ball on coming to help at several locations. Getting an on-call supervisor to come help in a situation is like pulling teeth. Most are working their own positions at the same time & can't leave, so you can't rely on that either.

3.0
Jun 22, 2023

Meh

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great PTO, flexible depending on what you do there

Cons

Stuck in old school Non-profit mentality

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DESC Response
2y
Thank you for your review!
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