City Year: The Worst Year of Your Life - Corps Member City Year Employee Review

1.0
2 Mar 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The best reasons to work for City Year are 1) a job experience that will allow you to get any job you'd like when you're done, and 2) the education award.

Cons

1) 50+ hour work weeks with little to no time off permitted at less than $4/hour 2) Very poor health insurance 3) Total structural disorganization 4) Poor leadership 5) Blurry goals and vision 6) Dissonance between the ideals of the organization and the treatment of its workers

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5.0
13 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Well-organized/structured Transportation, healthcare, and AmeriCorps benefits Lots of teambuilding

Cons

Long days Uniforms A lot of professional development

4.0
28 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work directly with students as part of a supportive team

Cons

It was not enough money.

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