Great Opportunity, Poor Management/Direction - Corps Member City Year Employee Review

4.0
5 Sept 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Help save the world! -Great Company and ideals, generally good co-workers and working environment -highly self-motivated; you get the opportunity to do/create any project you might be interested in -lots of upward movement w/in the organization

Cons

-a lot of the management staff comes up through the volunteer activities and don't necessarily have the skills to be effective managers -if you need advice/guidance it can be hard to find b/c things are so self-driven -seems to be unspoken expectations of planned events/activities that you're not told you're expected to complete, or not told till last minute

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5.0
29 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Community, connection, support, and its a great place for recent graduates to go until they figure the next step.

Cons

You won't make a lot of money.

4.0
22 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You do very meaningful work and the staff truly care about you and what you are doing.

Cons

School placements can be quite far from where you live, and the days are long (7:30 am - 5 pm). Often is exhausting, but you stay for the kids.

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