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Girl Scouts USA

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Girls grow strong, but what about staff?! - Program Manager Girl Scouts USA Employee Review

2.0
Feb 26, 2009
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Pros

The mission: to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. Along with the mission the organization provides a comprehensive benefits package.

Cons

The reward for good work is more work! There is an underlying feeling of guilt placed on those who choose to not work on holidays and weekends. Management rewards favorites. Favorites seem to be based on personal relationships and not professional performance. Human Resources is not supportive of workers. Workers who place complaints or seek support to resolve issues with managment are brushed off and sometimes retaliated against. Your supervisor has complete power to make your work life heaven or hell. Unfortunately, many have resigned after being subject to the latter.

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5.0
Feb 6, 2026
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Pros

Really enjoyed the experience! Great for students.

Cons

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2.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

Decent benefits, less hours than a conventional full-time job, good mission (although they're losing the plot with that more recently). Your experience will vary greatly depending on who your direct report is.

Cons

Terrible leadership, staff morale is low and people have complained about the toxic work environment for years to no avail. There is poor communication in regard to organizational changes (which are nearly constant). This business has had incredibly high turnover from the top down for some time now, lots of things fall through the cracks since there is a constant scramble to find staff to complete all of the work that needs to be done. This puts a lot of stress on the staff that actually stick around, their loyalty will only result in menial raises and twice the responsibility. The employee handbook is merely a suggestion to management staff, as the rules are insolvent, unenforceable and serve as nothing but a shield for management. The culture here is "rules for thee, and not for me," favoritism is rampant. Accountability is nonexistent for managerial staff who violate policy or mistreat employees, the org would sooner fire someone before they ever seek to resolve an issue. They have layoffs every 9-12 months or so. If you are looking for a long term position you should probably stay away, this company is likely a year or two away from going belly up if things don't change, but the new CEO just hired several of her friends into C-suite positions so they could siphon money out of the org in its last days, you can check the 990 if you're curious. For a nonprofit that should abide by the Girl Scout Law/Promise they essentially do everything except practice what they preach. They misuse resources, people, finances, relationships and the members they claim to serve, a recipe for disaster for a business model that relies on community and sisterhood.

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