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      YoungMinds Reviews

      3.7

      56% would recommend to a friend

      (26 total reviews)

      Emma Thomas

      76% approve of CEO

      49% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Culture and values

      3.5

      Diversity and inclusion

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      2.8

      Career opportunities

      2.6

      Senior management

      YoungMinds has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 26 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The YoungMinds employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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      26 reviews
      2.0
      1 Jul 2026

      Commitment to young people and AJEDI but impossible to do my job

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Amazing cause that everyone is behind. Focus on involving young people is woven in all they do. Genuine commitment to AJEDI

      Cons

      The org is pretty much run by a few people in a few teams - it's their way or everything gets blocked. Seriously lacked compromise or respect for others, despite good intentions and efforts from internal comms / culture teams and lip service from leadership. Seriously poor behaviour is overlooked under the banner of "speaking up". My time at YoungMinds sadly left me broken and with serious impacts on my own mental health.

      3.0
      16 Jun 2026

      Passionate team and cause overshadowed by poor management

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - the people. I have never worked anywhere with more committed and passionate people. - the cause. The work Youngminds does can’t be faulted. As a charity it is committed to its goals. - to some extent flexibility - but this was undermined by workload. - Emma Thomas was a great CEO but hasn’t been the CEO for a number of years. Those that have taken over have not met the same standard.

      Cons

      - unattainable workload. Expectations to work above and beyond hours. Almost encourages compassion fatigue. Work done to assess workload was never acted on. - poor SLT. Poor decision making. Bad people management. Lack of learning from mistakes. - failure to see employees as ‘humans’. Poor at managing people, especially as a mental health charity. - promotion based on if you fit and were liked. - poor performance of senior management not addressed - leading to risk.

      5.0
      18 Oct 2025

      Best place I’ve worked

      Fundraiser
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great cause Committed to values Good level of workload Accessible leadership team

      Cons

      None I can think of

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