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American Diabetes Association

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what is the ADA doing?? - Anonymous employee American Diabetes Association Employee Review

1.0
Nov 11, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

the pay for a director is good super chill work environment, like so chill boss is never there nice office in downtown, great views, no one is ever there so I get to enjoy it myself parking included in salary I could say I'm in the field and drinking wine at home and no one would know I have integrity and have always worked hard, therefore I am leaving this horrible work place

Cons

no clear vision passive aggressive commentary from leadership. Attended a 4 day training in Las Vegas, where leadership said they have new programs coming, want them to be outcomes based, but yet offered no clear picture of what new programs will achieve, how they will be implemented, and what we should do in the interim. Do what you like, what you think works for your market, and we will tell you what to do next is what they said. RVP and Area CEO never around, they don't know what they are doing, we all have to "raise funds" as part of job description, though Im supposed to raise 4x my salary but don't know what the funds go to. They have no kind of cultural awareness let alone cultural competency. How come the two communities that are disproportionately effected by diabetes (African American and Latinos) have programs cut that are targeted for them? How is this responding to the specific needs of this community? Raise all this money but where does it go? how come this is not shared with staff especially if we are supposed to support with raising it? What are the salaries of Area Executive Directors and Regional VP's. Why aren't these made available?

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5.0
Mar 30, 2026
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Pros

- Positive and friendly team - Strong management - Employees are incredibly smart and hardworking. Everyone works together for the success of the mission. - Mission is amazing and it feels good to support those who are fighting diabetes.

Cons

- As with many nonprofits, there are never enough resources. We're always making due with what we can, - Because we are a large org, sometimes it's difficult to maintain communications across departments.

4.0
Feb 23, 2026
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Pros

Easy onboarding For my department, it was a very smooth onboarding experience with clearly structured videos and trainings. As with any onboarding, it is tedious and you don't necessarily retain all of it but I understand why it's required. Decent salary Can confidently say that they will absolutely negotiate pay and will even work with you to find a salary that fits expectations. WFH As someone who has become accustomed to working from home, the flexibility is appreciated and welcomed. The company does like to see teams get together in person and encourages in-person meetings but seems to understand there are limitations.

Cons

Outdated systems Honestly, a pretty bad CRM system is being used but they are implementing a better one now so can't be too upset about it. Poor organization of centralized saved files Biggest complaint by far is how erratically centralized files are saved such as examples of emails/ outreach, access to other markets' files, or the outdated statistics and company info. There is no rhyme or reason for where important documents are saved and how to access them.

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