Elevation Church Reviews

Creative roles will work 50+ hours/week easily. Office hours are technically Monday-Thursday 8-5, but if you leave at 5:00pm you will be judged and your supervisor will mention it in a formal or informal review. The main reason for having to work such long hours is extremely poor time management. While each team might have a project manager, leadership and upper management demand world best quality work that requires a lot of time. Video teams will be in the office during the day, then go do video shoots at night when volunteer actors are available. Audio editors will spend all day working on projects, then often times have to spend the night in their studio making edits based on feedback they received at 4:30. Writers will only get 500 words done in a work day because of all the meetings they'll be required to attend, but then be penalized for not getting enough stuff accomplished in the 90 minutes of actual desk time they might have. Don't bother applying if you're LGBTQ+ - this is not an affirming church. If you're young and single, you're only real option for relationships is with other staff members which becomes incredibly complicated and dramatic most of the time. Leadership actively encourages staff members to cut out exterior relationships in order to maximize their time in the office and with their "church staff family". Don't let the loud music and cool outfits trick you - this is a fairly conservative organization. Their culture of "being known for what we are for" translates to not taking a stance on what many young people find important - women's rights, LGBTQ rights, rights for DACA recipients and other social justice issues. They choose to stick to "uncontroversial" issues like soup kitchens, tutors, disaster relief (all good things, but could do more).

A very superficial, self-involved culture. The church doesn't just pay bottom-tier low salaries, but they are downright PROUD of it. They capitalize on people's dedication. There's almost a caste system of importance, where upper management is coddled by expendable lower employees. This employer knows no boundaries and expects access to every part of their worker's personal lives. You will work horrible hours without a moment's notice, and you will be expected to make the job your number one and only priority in life. The pastor's wife once told us not to be friends with anyone outside the church, so good luck changing the world with that navel-gazing. I learned useful skills here, but be warned that having a church on your resume may not look impressive to some.