Pros
- Lots of opportunities for personal development - Great health insurance benefits - Lots of church campuses in OKC to choose to be a part of
Cons
- Zero boundaries. A leader can ask or tell you anything about your spiritual or personal life in a 1-on-1 and there is little to no way to hold them accountable. I faced serious misconduct by a leader, met with HR, and HR did nothing. I know several ex-employees who faced spiritual and emotional abuse here from unqualified leaders. If you think about working here, consider if it’s worth the risk of church hurt and having a culture that doesn’t represent Jesus’ grace or personality shake your faith. Humans are not God himself but they will do things at Life.Church in the name of God that are actually just self serving to advance their careers. - The org moves incredibly fast while demanding you to engage in community, serve, the list goes on. They have full access to ask you about everything in your life outside of work and evaluate you on it. When it comes to speed, one person opened up about stress during a devotional meeting and the whole group broke down sharing how stressed they are with the pace the organization runs, people saying they don’t have time to have conversations with others because of how much they need to focus on output. Yet the social part of your job is expected and evaluated harshly. If you are not a culture fit you risk losing your job. - They say trust is given, not earned, and they mean it. That should not be the case though. People need just as many boundaries here as they do anywhere else. Church hurt is way too common here like in any church, but it takes it up a level by having access to your life at work. - While there’s plenty of resources for spiritual and personal growth, developmental opportunities are limited. - No grace is given to new people. You are expected to hit the ground running at 100% capacity from the time you arrive socially, spiritually, and in your role, and the leaders forget what it’s like to be sharing your life with strangers for the first time and how completely different it is from other workplaces to open up that much immediately. - They’re a Christian org, but they worship perfectionism, performance, and speed like any other secular org. The pressure and judgement is crazy and the lack of grace is astounding, it’s simply not part of the culture. - Therapy was needed to keep my faith in tact after this place. It’s simply not worth it.