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Compassion International

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Compassion International reviews

4.3

86% would recommend to a friend

(423 total reviews)
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Jimmy Mellado

89% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Compassion International has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 423 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Compassion International employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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423 reviews
2.0
Jan 31, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Noble place to work. Really good pool of talent. Great benefits. Great location in Colorado Springs. Great vision for the future. Business casual culture. Does not have the overly "religious" feel of some Christian organizations. The culture allows people the freedom to be real. Pockets of healthy work environments do exist. People genuinely care about the mission. Good career starting point for someone who has a journeyman mentality and is willing to move through different parts of the organization.

Cons

Executive leadership is strong on strategic vision, but markedly less effective in leading the organization to fulfill that vision. Good ol' boy network is alive and well. They don't like to hear bad news. Dissenters are perceived as whiners or troublemakers. Mid-level professionals love Compassion's mission but hate the culture of diminishment and mixed messages from different levels of leadership...all of this in the context of a demanding work environment. Mid-level professionals new to Compassion routinely have their prior experience in the corporate world rejected because the they are "new", "not trusted" or "don't speak the language". One of the markers of a poorly-run organization is overtime. Burn-out and overtime is common-place in some parts of the organization.

1.0
Sep 13, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Focused on their vision. Field staff in other countries really reaching out to kids like they say.

Cons

Management does not know how to lead the size of organization they have grown into. May of the senior leadership are ill equipped to run a multinational organization. The politics are terrible and you are either in or out of the crowd. They is a very poor example of Christian leadership.

2.0
Jun 19, 2018

Sadden

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The mission is positive and does make an impact in the communities that they serve in.

Cons

How employees are treated is shameful. Upper management has not a clue about what the "workers" really do. The fact that the issues in Inda were known about for many years, however, nothing was done is a disgrace to Everett Swanson's calling from God.

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Compassion International Response
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We appreciate the opportunity from Glassdoor to respond to this post. At Compassion, we encourage any employee who believes they’ve been mistreated or who has witnessed co-workers being mistreated to report it to either their supervisor or their HR representative. We take these complaints very seriously, and in addition to speaking with HR or a manager, we also have a secure and confidential place to raise concerns through EthicsPoint. Contrary to your assertions, Compassion’s staff have repeatedly reported that our work environment is a safe, healthy place to learn and grow. In fact, Compassion has been awarded Gallup’s Great Workplace award six times in the last seven years. The award is based on evaluations by our own staff. In 2017, Forbes named Compassion one of the best employers in the country. Just this week, career website Zippia named Compassion one of the top 5 Best Places to Work in Colorado Springs. These accomplishments are reflections of how our employees feel and are treated at Compassion, which is a safe, fun, healthy and engaging environment where staff can contribute, grow, learn and lead. As for the India situation, we are still grieving over the forced decision to leave the country. We disagree with your statement that nothing was done for many years to keep our ministry active in India. Our efforts to stay in India were years-long , and driven by a dedicated and prayer-filled team focused on trying to resolve the issue. It was only after those years of efforts were exhausted that we were forced to make the decision to leave the country. We encourage our staff, supporters, and the broader faith community to continue to pray for the children and the Church in India.
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