Get everything in writing - Anonymous employee United Way Employee Review

2.0
Sep 26, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Community action, genuine desire to serve local community, stays consistent with mission and vision, transparent financials. Fiscally conservative and good local resource.

Cons

Very high turn-over. Poor employee engagement. Lack of trust within the organization, especially between employees and upper management. Poor job/career role expectations - almost deceptive, very unclear as to what you should be doing or what you were hired for or when/how role may/may not have changed with very little useful feedback or communication. Poorly run.

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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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