United Way reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,849 total reviews)
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Angela F. Williams

75% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

United Way has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,849 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The United Way 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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2K reviews
3.0
May 31, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great- passionate and highly educated staff. All are motivated by their commitment to the mission.

Cons

Leadership needs a refresh. Every year the CEO commits to a new strategic plan and then does the exact same thing that she's always done with the same results- diminishing results. (Los Angeles location)

4.0
Apr 23, 2022

Mission Focused

Recommend
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Pros

United Way has such a strong mission that it attracts amazing people. For the most part, you will love who you are working with and feel proud of the work you do. Surprisingly, the United Way culture is very strong and it's easy to get wrapped in it.

Cons

Like most non profits, mission fatigue is real. Executives will continue to push for more with a limited budget to make the vision a reality. No matter what, ask for the salary you're worth. If you don't get it; keep searching. No corporate mission should go before your value.

1.0
Mar 16, 2022

Top down pressure and inequitable pay

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people and the organization are set up to help our community

Cons

211 has leadership that makes fun of both current and past employees; middle leadership is allowed to yell publicly at our front line employees; Leadership reported we could not negotiate starting pay but later when I had access to pay levels, I "discovered" those who had negotiated - got significantly more money. When one situation was brought to the attention of HR (bypassing supervisors who had reported we could not negotiate), HR said they had an "inequitable pay" fund and if I would have patience, they would bring the pay to an equitable level. One person benefited from this that I am aware of - after 6 more months of waiting with the low and very inequitable pay. Others who had this same situation, were surprised there was an "inequitable fund" when 211 staff was told there was not enough money to purchase pens, paper for the team who had to work from home. Managers report on each other and notify their supervisors of untruths but rather than "rock the boat" - they keep functioning as best they can with this going on.

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