Pros
CIS of Central Texas's direct service staff are the most passionate, dedicated, caring humans I have ever had the please of working alongside. Our Program Managers, Caseworkers, Coordinators, AmeriCorps Members, and other direct service staff love what they do and care deeply for the students and families that we support. I've never worked with more committed individuals.
Cons
Senior leadership is terrible. Our executive team outwardly fights with each other in power struggles in all-staff settings, and especially in leadership team spaces. Our CEO and COEO get paid nearly half a million dollars between the two of them each year; which is a gross overage and potential misuse of public funds. Initiatives are pushed out rapidly with little or no thought to how they will impact overworked staff, and when staff feedback is collected it is held onto by executive leadership and decisions are then made without consulting those who they support. It's awful to watch an organization who so proudly boasts a DEI focused mission be so hypocritical and autocratic in internal policies and decision making processes.