Stand Together reviews

3.4

71% would recommend to a friend

(148 total reviews)
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Brian Hooks

85% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Stand Together has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 148 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Stand Together employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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148 reviews
3.0
Feb 23, 2026

Recommended for some people, but would

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Pros

- Beautiful, spacious office in downtown Ballston near many restaurants and a metro station. - Flexible WFH offerings in some departments (though the CEO mentions not liking remote work during several all-staff meetings) - Generally great coworkers who are inspiring, intelligent, driven, and diverse. - Competitive initial pay, with great benefits like flex work environments, unlimited PTO, free parking in the garage, or a free monthly metro stipend. - Upper management works here for many years, but occasionally transitions to different positions, so some departments can have several managers in a few years, but it also allows people to move about the company and seek other interests.

Cons

- Prides itself on being a non-partisan company, but I often hear people saying terrible things about Dems or Progressives in the office, especially during election cycles. (This may be a Pro for some, but it is not a pro for me.) - It took me YEARS to receive a raise, and I've never received a holiday bonus, unlike some of my peers who received several raises and yearly bonuses before I ever received my first one. - All in-office work is done through "flex" desks that are effectively owned by people who won't book those desks, but will be at that desk every day. So you can book a free desk, only to come in and find someone at "their" desk. - Initial hiring interviews took over a month. I interviewed with several different groups of people and ended up not even working with most of them. - Some departments are extremely under-funded, and other departments have 3-4 people doing the same job, which can lead to burnout on smaller teams. - While I do understand why someone people might call some of the ideas "cult-like" I don't think it's hard to listen and form your own opinions. Ideas like self-empowerment, self-actualization, openness, and bottom-up empowerment are good in practice, but like other people mentioned, they're rarely actually practiced by others.

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Stand Together Response
4mo
Thank you for taking the time to share such a thoughtful perspective. We’re glad you’ve experienced inspiring colleagues, competitive benefits, and opportunities to grow. It’s meaningful to hear from someone who has invested several years here and can speak to both the strengths and where we can continue bringing our principles to life.
5.0
Feb 12, 2026

Great work environment

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Pros

All of my colleagues are wonderful.

Cons

Some departments could adopt better WFH options.

1.0
Jan 2, 2026

Values Theater at Its Finest

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Pros

Love drinking the Kool-Aid? This is the place for you.

Cons

The culture had unmistakable cult-like energy—constant “we believe” rhetoric, people clutching pocket-sized Constitutions, and sincere discussions about reading them to their kids at bedtime. Day-to-day work was suffocated by red tape, relentless micro-management, and an obsession with approved language and so-called principle-based management that was incoherent and impractical in execution. Transparency, mutual benefit, and a “bottom-up” culture were endlessly advertised but completely absent in reality. From a senior management perspective, the environment was defined by back-channeling, quiet sabotage, and performative collaboration, with little clarity around expectations, virtually no meaningful feedback, and wins that vanished without acknowledgment. An overgrown middle-management layer added bureaucracy without value—lots of inflated titles, minimal qualifications, and even less impact. The atmosphere was so tense and disengaged that I would routinely go days without anyone even saying hello. I see on this Glassdoor reviews page that Stand Together occasionally responses to reviews and invites further discussion to provide clarity or explain concerns. I tried to do exactly that while I was there and was consistently shut down. Being invited to have that conversation now is far too late—and feels disingenuous at best. Ultimately, success required either fully drinking the Kool-Aid—or becoming very good at pretending you had.

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Stand Together Response
5mo
Thank you for taking the time to share this feedback. We genuinely regret to hear that this was your experience, particularly given the seriousness of the concerns you’ve raised and the impact it had on you. We do want to reiterate that we remain open to listening. If you’re ever willing to share more of your perspective, we'd welcome a conversation at careers@standtogether.org
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