SEIU reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(363 total reviews)
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Mary Kay Henry

45% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

SEIU has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 363 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SEIU employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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363 reviews
3.0
Jul 5, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

SEIU has an amazing mission to help working people get a fair shot in our economy that's rigged for the wealthy and top 1%. The benefits are top notch - it's very difficult to find the pay, healthcare benefits, time off, and pension at other social justice or nonprofit organizations. The people who work at SEIU are amazing and some of the best, talented people in the labor movement. It's truly a privilege to have worked there.

Cons

There is a serious retention issue at SEIU. Really good people are leaving the Union who have a lot of talent and dedication to SEIU but just can't handle the day-to-day stuff. If you're not working on a priority campaign or have a manager that will look out for you and provide opportunities, it can be extremely difficult to build a career that is meaningful and fulfilling at SEIU. A lot of the managers have no business being managers and actively refuse to put the time and effort into being good managers. Nothing is worse than having a terrible manager that everyone knows is a terrible manager but is still there for no reason at all.

2.0
Mar 1, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great potential if the workers were empowered to run their own union. Used to be an organizing machine but peaked around 2008. Amazing worker leaders available among the members.

Cons

Unwieldy bureaucracy with absolutely no accountability to the members who pay the freight. Absolute power concentrated at the top with an aversion to democracy like the Kremlin. Staffed up with college kids and flunkies as opposed to a worker led movement where the staffing and leadership rise up from the rank and file workers.

1.0
Sep 10, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- You don't always have to dress formally. - Casual workplace. - A lot of idle time that can be used to socialize. - Some of the union members are great people to meet. - Some of the co-workers are wonderful people who really want to help change working conditions.

Cons

-Long unnecessary hours ...seriously you stay there for about 10 hours and probably only work for half-the time because a few of your hours are wasted doing nothing because everything is on a need to know basis...but then before you leave they find something for you to do and then make you stay the extra hours. -They make you harass the union members like there is no tomorrow. If they have a campaign going on they will make you call them at least 20 times each, to the point where you're wondering if they can sue you for harassment. -Management has a way of not caring for its own workers or compensating them fairly for their time and work - which is a shame because how can you trust a union to represent you if they can't even pay fair wages and give fair working hours to their own employees. -SALARY - you make a certain amount a week on a salary, but there are weeks where you work 6 to 7 days a week for months at a time depending on what they have you working on. So the job is not very cost effective. If you think about the amount you get paid a week, minus taxes, minus the gas you use, the time you spend driving, the 20+ extra hours a week you are working and the low mileage reimbursement, then you are making close to minimum wage, plus not having set working hours. You pretty much work a full-time plus a part-time job, but make a pittance compared to actually working those two jobs elsewhere. -You are hired on temporary positions, which it seems to me that they do that so you work 6-7 days a week 60+ hours for low pay, only to think that all of this hard work will pay off later with a permanent position and higher pay, when in reality you might be told 6 months in that they might not have a position for you later on, or find an excuse as to why you won't be placed into another project. -If one of your supervisors has been there for years and they treat you poorly, regardless of who you complain to and them appearing to take what you say into consideration, nothing changes. They just want to give you the false impression that something is being done. Your supervisor will not be removed and they will more than likely not change their ways. The only option you have left is to quit and find a new job. It is a bit sad because lots of great workers that can further workers rights and SEIU's mission are lost for the sake of keeping one bad seed around.

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