Basic - Anonymous employee United Way Employee Review

3.0
Mar 30, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Community Mission is admirable and the primary reason why most employees work there. United Way has the distinct advantage of being a strategic organization that convenes community partners and approaches broad issues and to achieve measurable results.

Cons

The organization is inherently chaotic and frantically trying to do a lot of things on a lot of different issues simultaneously all the time. The inherent strength of convening a diverse spectrum of community partners also creates multitude of voices and divergent view points that must be heard and engaged to appease its immense body of stakeholders.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

The mission is meaningful and the work itself can be deeply rewarding. Colleagues are talented, dedicated, and genuinely care about the community they serve. For the right person, that camaraderie carries a lot of weight.

Cons

Over the past two years, this organization has undergone significant and painful change. A revolving door of senior leadership, including the abrupt loss of key executives, created instability that trickled down to every level of staff. Layoffs followed, and then a steady stream of voluntary departures that leadership appeared either unable or unwilling to address meaningfully. Under new leadership, nearly every quality-of-life benefit that made nonprofit-level salaries feel worth it has been reduced or eliminated: fewer sick days, increased healthcare costs, loss of Summer Fridays, loss of Thanksgiving week, and a shift to more required in-office days. The cumulative effect is an organization that asks a great deal of its staff, in salary sacrifice and mission commitment, while systematically withdrawing what made that trade-off feel fair.

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