United Way reviews

3.3

46% would recommend to a friend

(1,853 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 1,853 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
1.0
May 3, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Nice staff, summer Fridays, vacation days, half days. Easy to coast by and do mediocre work.

Cons

Bad senior management, inequitable and noticeable salary gap between senior management and rest of staff, exploits staff, no pay raise or title change, no real results, very top down in management and strategy, very meetings oriented but no yielding no decisions or results, fails to promote staff, terrible communication from senior leadership. Too top down, too many managers, not enough staff not innovative, very slow to change, respond, act. Very disorganized and very reactive, instead of proactive. There was A LOT of turnover when I was there. Over 25 staff left in the first year of the new CEO - Sheena Wright. She was very MIA in her first year and was trying to change the organization, mission, brand, structure and culture. Not clear how much of that actually changed but she brought in a lot of her own people and there was no transparency in her decisions. Staff do not trust leadership and do not feel like they can be honest and speak up. There is little confidence that things will change.

4.0
May 1, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Open dialogue among staff and across departments, flexible work schedule and evidence of the good work the organization does for the citizens of Austin

Cons

Gossiping and not addressing issues at the source

1.0
Apr 27, 2015

Project coordinator

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Your helping those in need in the tri state area.

Cons

Terrible work environment and poor management at the senior level.Management focuses on immediate outcomes vs true changes.

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