Don't recommend - Anonymous employee United Way Employee Review

2.0
Jul 17, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Colleagues are nice, mean well and believe in the mission. Management is trying to improve employee satisfaction.

Cons

Management is terrible. Local United Ways don't respect direction coming from UWW because everything is decentralized. Organization is trying to do too much at the same time, setting up unrealistic expectations and unclear deadlines. Not adapting quickly enough to changes. Mission statement is heartwarming and fuzzy but it's not how management treats its staff - this is a sentiment across many departments. Unless there's a change in senior management, the work culture will stay the same. Work-life balance is a sham. I would not have joined if I had known ahead of time.

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Cons

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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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