RUN IF YOU CAN! HORRIBLE! - Anonymous employee United Way Employee Review

1.0
Jun 9, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work Life Balance & Benefits: Hybrid work options, good healthcare, and excellent PTO Meaningful Impact & Community Engagement: they’re “making a positive change for the community” and appreciate the hands-on, local impact. They help many children and their families out of poverty

Cons

Salaries are below expectations for nonprofit roles: low pay, very demanding and low salaries High pressure to do more with limited resources, staff wear multiple hats due to tight budgets Poor leadership is a recurring theme, high turnover, lacking transparency, and condescending behavior from management. Under experienced managers, snobby executive attitude

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5.0
Apr 10, 2026
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Pros

People were very nice and cooperative

Cons

Not any that I would speak of

2.0
Jun 18, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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