City Year reviews

3.4

53% would recommend to a friend

(2,292 total reviews)
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Michael Brown

46% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

City Year has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,292 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The City Year employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Sep 15, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

-Serving the community -Working with children -Opportunities to lead, take on extra responsibilities, and learn new skills -Can be a lot of fun -Education Award -Health Insurance -Learn about business/organizational culture

Cons

-Lots of office politics/favoritism -Inadequate training -Poor recruiting practices and screening of Corps Members before hiring -Attrition -Projects are more often than not under-resourced, poorly planned, and tend to focus more on PR value than impact to the community/those being served -"Tow the line" culture and lack of receptiveness to constructive criticism or creative input -Poor management oversight -Some staff members do not respect Corps Members -Little to no recognition for a job well done -Icy relationships with some schools due to bad behavior or mistakes made by previous Corps Members -Low pay, difficult to live on in major cities

5.0
Sep 8, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of fun and opportunities for a future career with the organization. Good career training and development. overall a great experience.

Cons

Not for everyone. Requires a lot of extra time and work, not a 9-5. The monetary compensation is very low, you must consider it volunteer work to not be upset.

3.0
Jun 25, 2010

City Year Los Angeles

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great experience for a year - Part of AmeriCorps - Good inside look in non-profit organization - Working with kids - Staff members generally nice

Cons

- No communications within organization - Disorganized - Some staff members are rude and incompetent - Experience highly dependent on which team you got put in - Some Corps Members are definitely not qualified

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