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First Place for Youth

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First Place for Youth Rocks - Anonymous employee First Place for Youth Employee Review

4.0
Feb 2, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I love that our organization cares about its employees' well being. First Place provides 2-month PAID sabbaticals to employees who have worked for 7 years. We received 8 PAID days off so that everyone could enjoy the holidays during Christmas and New Year's. We receive 8 in-person counseling sessions available from one EAP provider, PLUS 3 more from a 2nd EAP provider. I've worked with SEVERAL friendly peer and colleagues! Our CEO is approachable! We have work flexibility and several of us work a hybrid work schedule whereby we only have to report to the office one day per week! If we want to work in the often more often, then we have the freedom to do that too. We have a DEIB program in place that offers ongoing training throughout the year. It is mandatory for ALL employees to attend it.

Cons

Because the organization went from 30 employees to over 130 employees, there are a lot of system processes that need to be improved in order to accommodate our growth.

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5.0
Nov 4, 2025
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Pros

Great people to work with - everyone is so friendly and kind Great mission - serving a population frequently overlooked Flexible schedule - hybrid work that only requires once a week in office Intentional Leadership - Execs really work to understand their staff & improve their workload Parenting-Friendly - Understanding managers who prioritize parenting and all the associated flexibility needs

Cons

Workload - understaffed in some departments, but a lot of thought going into improving this con Pay - it is non-profit pay so none of us are here gettin' rich :) the work is very fulfilling regardless

1.0
Jan 9, 2026
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Pros

Some nice people work there

Cons

Apparently, you need to be very social when you work from home 4 days a week, even though I had an accounting title. Didn't realize I was a salesperson all of a sudden. "Didn't check his email." I'm sorry I didn't check my email on the weekend when I was never asked to or in the contract "Wasn't willing to learn". Yes, I was. I need the experience and want to learn more about it "Didn't take notes." Yes, I did. Hope they looked before they wiped my computer, I took them on and had to give back. "Had a bad attitude." No, I was just questioning things since some was confusing, and it's hard to understand someone who's training you in something over Microsoft Teams when English is not their first language. "Wasn't committed enough" ??? What do you mean? Yes, it was hard to be working from home 4 days a week, but that doesn't mean I wasn't. Crazy that I was only there for the week before Thanksgiving, which started on Tuesday with onboarding, so half a week. Next week was a half week for Thanksgiving, and a Full week the week after. And then cutting me off with no warning on the monday after at 2pm randomly.

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