A Disgrace to Non-profits and Its Own Supposed Mission - Anonymous employee Year Up United Employee Review

Poor hiring practices, bad work/life balance, low salary, drink the Kool-Aid culture, not true its mission. Much favoritism and discrimination. Easily one of the worst places I have ever worked and I have experience a few challenging work environments in my career. Many of the negative comments here are correct . Much discrimination and reverse discrimination in an organization that supposedly promotes the opposite. If you have ever worked for another non-profit, you will see what I big joke this one is. If you have worked in the non-profit sector before, don’t come here. You will be disappointed and told you are over qualified and cannot relate to the population. It will be the same if you have any sort of teaching experience and you are hired as an instructor. I had a 15 minute interview and was hired without much information. They expected me to start very quickly (usually a red flag for bad employers who cannot plan their staffing needs according and/or turnoff good candidates/employees with bad management behavior.) Another reason for much turn-over here. Also, one is expected to be a counselor/social worker to people in the program in addition the endless list of other staff duties. Given the underserved population of Year-up, if they want a social worker, they should hire them not expect instructors and other office staff to provide such skilled services with no training (all the while being scolded for their inability to do so.) You are also expected to participate in ALL team-building activities with the students…at the expense of your regular work. Such team building activities are essentially Summer Camp events in Wall Street attire since everyone must meet dress code all the time. This dress code is fine if they apply it to all staff as well as students or don’t expect you to be in nice clothes and crawling on the dirty stained floor or doing athletic maneuvers. Do not criticize students for inappropriate attire when a long-time staff member dresses like a street walker in Pioneer Square or pick on a staff member for wearing a plain T-shirt with a blazer and dress pants. Good benefits, but you are scorned if you use them. Very low salary and work/life balance. Stay away!