Awana reviews

2.9

44% would recommend to a friend

(75 total reviews)
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Matt Markins

61% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Awana has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 75 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Awana employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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75 reviews
1.0
Sep 24, 2018

Missionary

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Awana looks good on the outside

Cons

Best Work Place Survey gave them a Toxic grade. Management shuffle of 2016 nearly killed the entire program from the inside out.

1.0
May 14, 2022

Abandon hope all ye who enter

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Pros

The perpetual hope that you might have some impact on the lives of children through your work.

Cons

Pretty much everything else. An utter shambles ... backstabbing, gossip-centered leadership decisions; toxic work environment; lack of historical perspective or respect for those who came before; RAMPANT narcissism and promotion of self interest. Is there a score I can give lower than one star? How about negative five?

1.0
Oct 8, 2017

Where to begin...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice facilities. Good work/life balance.

Cons

Management, especially the president and CEO, are ill-equipped to lead the organization. They're in over their head, and they allow members of the executive team to threaten the staff over Glassdoor reviews. It's like working for the Trump administration. They protect older employees who don't add much value and discard younger, forward-thinking employees trying to implement change. They hit the panic button every time their fiscal year ends and make rash decisions to stop the bleeding rather than taking a hard look at the future. It's not a good place for women to work because white men run the show, as is the case in most conservative Christian organizations. Most people whose intelligence I respected have been let go in order to keep older employees moving closer to retirement. They give awful severance packages and don't handle layoffs well. I could go on about their "missionaries" in the field, their stunningly old school theology, or their inability to implement cultural change among staff. The organization and its employees are not in good hands with current leadership.

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