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      The Y (YMCA)

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      The Y (YMCA) reviews

      3.8

      70% would recommend to a friend

      (21,964 total reviews)

      Suzanne McCormick

      77% approve of CEO

      58% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Senior management

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      The Y (YMCA) has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 21,964 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Y (YMCA) 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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      Reviews by job title

      22K reviews
      5.0
      Oct 2, 2008

      YMCA is a great place to work.

      Accounting
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The YMCA is immediately recognized and usually favorably. The management believes in taking care of its employees and allows freedom to handle family matters. It employs a chaplain and works closely with its volinteer board. I believe the YMCA is a help to the community in general and is helpful in areas that the community needs, such as health and childcare, sports and volinteerism.

      Cons

      Non-profits cannot have ownership compensation.

      4.0
      Sep 7, 2008

      the ymca a great place to work and play

      Supervisor of maintenance
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      there is alot of job security, possible chances for advancement and skilled work and professional advancements. opportunities and continued education within the ymca family. lots of places to relocate they are a world wide company a wide variety of culture. They are very family orienented, and treat you like you a member of their family. they have an excellent benefit package including but not limited to y memberships and swim lessons after school programs included for all imediate family members. they truly care about their employees and their families. they stress family with core values and building strong communities and families.

      Cons

      being on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week sometimes they have unreal expectations of work time. Things have to be completed on an unreal time table, based on a non profit organization a lot of funds saleries and programs are based on funds donated or raised by fund raisers or local communites. Needs to allow more communications within the board members and the staff of the ymca. They need more employee morale, they need to draw in the leadership programs more. their fairness and respect need a little more work for the employees. and they need to give dept heads more leway with their employees.

      3.0
      Sep 7, 2008

      Rewarding place to work but management is a mixed bag.

      Personal trainer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people who come in are wonderful to build relationships with and it is very rewarding helping them. Also, there are a number of wonderful people on staff.

      Cons

      Some of the managers are completely incompetent, though the worst offender is now gone. The pay is also not particularly competitive. Some frustration is caused by the fact that customers will repeatedly complain to lower level employees about problems that management doesn't fix and doesn't answer for.

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