Wonderful colleagues, frustrating leadership - Anonymous employee ChildStrive Employee Review

3.0
3 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- built strong relationships with coworkers - opportunities to collaborate outside my discipline - flexible and self-directed schedule - continuing education stipend

Cons

- low salary, ultimately unsustainable - leadership was not all on the same page, and often did not have answers when I asked straight forward policy questions - opaque and vague responses to questions about compensation and time off benefits - very unnecessary and tedious all staff meetings multiple times a year

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5.0
30 May 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great work life balance, supportive team, I loved working with the community

Cons

During a transition period there was a heavy amount of caseloads

2.0
3 Mar 2026
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Pros

ChildStrive puts in an effort to have values and principles that support employee wellbeing, although some programs or benefits miss the mark.

Cons

The Unlimited Paid Time Off benefit is tricky because leadership does not model taking much actual vacation time, but rather models it as a flexible work schedule. Because of low pay, if you have a spouse or second income you can afford to work here, but it is very hard to do so as a single parent. While ChildStrive has certain guiding principles like Restorative Practices they do not always live up to modeling this with their own staff. Depending on which department you are hired into there is not much room for growth and not a lot of interest in developing each employee.

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