AmeriCorps - Anonymous employee United Way Employee Review

3.0
Aug 19, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Straightforward, simple work - A lot of holiday office parties, opportunities to volunteer - Some colleagues are super supportive and friendly

Cons

- Low pay - IEUW uses AmeriCorps funding to staff lower-level program coordinators. Pay comes out to about $7 an hour. Ironic that IEUW wants to help lower income kids from the Inland Empire go to college but then pays desperate college grads less than minimum wage. - Other than 211 and some college-awareness work, the community programs are feel-good, very surface-level solutions to systemic problems in the Inland Empire. We give processed, salty food to under-resources kids but don't fund partner programs that teach healthy eating.

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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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