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
2.0
Jan 23, 2015

Awesome mission. Toxic HQ Culture.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Awana has a fantastic mission of growing youth to know, love and serve Christ. They provide amazing resources for local churches. The staff at Awana have hearts committed to the mission and passion to do their work well. I have made many life-long friends at Awana.

Cons

There are serious culture problems with VP level leadership: strong favoritism, lack of professional understanding of key disciplines, lack of listening to staff surveys, very hierarchical, directors not given authority with responsibility, hire outside consultants and new leaders as silver bullets answer to key problems. I was not listened to as a key contributor because of internal politics and gender bias.

1.0
Jan 7, 2015
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Pros

Serves an eternal perspective = impact to boys and girls lives for the kingdom is what I love

Cons

Leadership is unfocused - unchristian like

1.0
Aug 15, 2021

Poor culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The mission was pure and the middle management had the right intentions on how to move the ministry forward.

Cons

Unfortunately, the executive leadership team was poor in every possible way. They could not retain top talent, they squandered away resources, they lacked diversity, and have failed to sustain a legacy ministry into the future.

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