Year Up United reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(539 total reviews)
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Susan Murray

89% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Year Up United has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 539 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Year Up United employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.5 stars).

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539 reviews
3.0
Oct 27, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Mission, students. Decent pay for nonprofit

Cons

Favoritism - in/out group dynamic. Leadership can often overreach, horde all decision-making power, not be transparent -- this slows things down and prevents people from doing their jobs. And disempowers people/reduces morale

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Year Up United Response
8mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We value all feedback and encourage you to discuss your experiences with us further, as we would like to better understand your perspective on these listed cons. If you email us at feedback@yearupunited.org, we’ll be in touch to find time to connect.
3.0
Sep 27, 2025

A Bit of a Mess

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Some intelligent and incredibly talented people dedicated to the mission * Capable young talent passionate about making change in their own life * Decent benefits, especially for a nonprofit * For a while there, we had a nice WFH thing going * If you grab the bull by its horns, pretty good career growth

Cons

* A masterpiece in mismanaging change management: since July 2023, every quarter has brought on a slew of disorienting changes that leaders expect frontline staff to magically catch up to * Unclear direction: no one really knows where the organization is headed for the long term, but the goals are pretty lofty * Burnout! Even if you don't burnout, your team members will, and you'll have to pick up the pieces when they inevitably go on sabbatical * You're not going to be compensated commensurately when you're suddenly doing work that's several levels above your job title * You're going to have go out of your way to get that career growth, by the way * ...Not sure if all of these people should be telling young people how to get ahead in their career, though certainly some brilliant people here as well

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Year Up United Response
9mo
Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We value all feedback and encourage you to discuss your experiences with us further, as we would like to understand in order to best support both the staff and students within our community. If you email us at feedback@yearupunited.org, we’ll be in touch to find time to connect.
2.0
Sep 23, 2025

Stay Away

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great students, mission, and some colleagues are great to work with.

Cons

Constant changes and restructuring leading to consistent layoffs. There is a toxic culture and clear favoritism. People feel very entitled and as a result are very disrespectful.

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Year Up United Response
9mo
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We would like to learn more about your experience. To engage with us via email, if you would be willing to discuss further, please reach out to feedback@yearupunited.org.
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