Great mission, poor staff and disingenuous leadership - Anonymous employee Year Up United Employee Review

2.0
Apr 17, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great mission! Flexible work hours! Great office setting. HR communication was good for whatever I needed.

Cons

Poor management, staff, leadership. I really appreciated their mission, but the actual staff that worked at my site were horrible. They push numbers so much and it’s so many staffing running around acting like they are doing stuff but in reality, they are not producing! Plus the gossip is just toxic! Staff and management very disingenuous!!!! They sell you on this “we are a team/family” from day one. They push their culture on you. It’s actually scary because you don’t know who to trust. I was put down ALOT! My boss was a know it all who didn’t know much, sadly. they waste so much time doing interactive rather than working, it’s ridiculous.

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Year Up United Response
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Thank you for your review. We appreciate your insights and would like to learn more about the concerns you highlighted re: staff and management. In an effort to learn more about your experience and how we can continue to improve, please reach out to provide additional feedback at feedback@yearup.org and/or let us know the best way to contact you directly to continue the dialogue. Thank you in advance for your willingness to share more.

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