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Community Engagement Manager - Anonymous employee Girl Scouts USA Employee Review

2.0
Sep 2, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The Girl Scout mission, the promise and law, and the overall organizational goals of the company are truly admirable. There is a sense of pride after engaging the girls in a successful series or camp. You know they have truly learned and will be better women because of their experience.

Cons

The organization is one of the most UNorganized I've ever worked for. As a community engagement manager OR a recruitment manager, they tell you, "you work the job not the hours." This sounds pretty good at first until you realize you have to go to 10 late night meetings a month, have to meet unrealistic goals, and, even if you are doing well, you get punished for compensating some of those late night hours. Say you work 65 hours a week, 25 hours over a normal work week, and you decide to come in 2 hours late during the morning for the week, which is 10 hours, you get scolded despite still having 15 overtime which you don't get paid extra for. Oh, and you will work weekends. A lot of weekends. It's not a flex job like they say it is in the interview. It isn't. You'll work your you-know-what off trying to succeed at a number game, which is what it is, only to be told your efforts arent good enough and you really need to try harder/think of a new strategy. The. They'll proceed to micromanage your work until you decide to leave. It really isn't worth it. Until the organization GETS ORGANIZED, you'll go through a lot of unneeded (or wanted) stress until you realize that the job isn't worth having health problems for. My experience is one that I will never forget, and I have definitely grown as a person because of it, but it's not worth the headache and stress. Trust me.

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Cons

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2.0
Jul 13, 2026
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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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