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2.9

40% would recommend to a friend

(1,193 total reviews)
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Roger A. Krone

25% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Scouting America has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,193 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Scouting America employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Feb 22, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Excellent opportunity to contribute to a program that prepares young men for the real world. Get to play a role in the creation of scout units, summer day camp, yearly popcorn fundraiser, and actually "see" the results of your effort. Opportunities to hone public speaking and sales skills.

Cons

Work/Life balance if you are planning on having a life outside of work. During Friends of Scouting (council fundraising) season and school recruitment expect 80+ hour work weeks with events on weekends. If your council is struggling it will be extremely difficult to make the money and manpower quotas imposed on you. Cold calling for donations. Must stay in your current position for a minimum of 3 years before being eligible for promotion to Senior District Executive, where you will do the same thing for another 3 years. Low pay for the hours.

1.0
Mar 10, 2023

Awful place to work!

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Pros

Sometimes there is lots of flexibility during the day time.

Cons

This is the worst job I've ever had. The "leadership" is awful the "management" is lazy. They provide no onboarding and no support or training. You just sort of flail around and then get in trouble when you don't hit their unreachable goals. You are expected to project just unrealistic numbers that everyone in the room knows there's no way you would ever meet it. They purposefully set you up for failure and then don't even try to help you reach the unrealistic goals. They are very clear that you have to work weekends and nights but they also don't want you to have any sort of life so they expect you to be working 9-5 AND nights and weekends. I would not recommend this job to anyone. They are also extremely hypocritical. They claim they are the scouts and they care about the environment when it's all just a show. They pretend to recycle in the building but everything goes in the trash.

2.0
May 4, 2018

Overworked and Underpaid

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Pros

-Get complete control over scheduling -Can work outside during camp season -Very good benefits and reimbursed mileage -High % 401K

Cons

-Overworked and underpaid -Volunteers are very difficult to work with -Results are mostly based on volunteers but reflect only on staff -Poor training before corporate training around the six-month mark -Tense and off-putting office culture

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