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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2.0
Feb 22, 2024
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Pros

At United way of East Central Iowa, The benefits, sick time, and pto are honestly really generous and nice.

Cons

At United Way of East Central Iowa 1.) Pay is minimal, 2.) You're expected to produce excellence even when doing the job of 3 people but also expected to pump out work as if you were 3 people, 3.) work culture is disgusting there. Thrives off drama, secrets, and lies. 4.) You are not given any tools to succeed and expected to be the best. 5.) for a company that is designed to help under privileged communities, their language and actions are often classist and borderline racist. This is why they have lost 6 employees since October (4 months)

4.0
Feb 19, 2024

GREAT

Recommend
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Pros

Great mission. This organization truly cares for the community.

Cons

It's a small organization and sometimes employees are stretched too thin.

2.0
Jan 9, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers, working with community partners.

Cons

Extreme top-down mindset, non-leadership-team staffs' expertise not valued, organizational change efforts (i.e., layoffs, redefining mission/values/brand, budget cutbacks, fundraising strategy) were extremely lengthy and left a lot of staff in very stressful positions to complete grant funded work with huge instability and under-resourcing.

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