City Year: The Worst Year of Your Life - Corps Member City Year Employee Review

1.0
Mar 2, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The best reasons to work for City Year are 1) a job experience that will allow you to get any job you'd like when you're done, and 2) the education award.

Cons

1) 50+ hour work weeks with little to no time off permitted at less than $4/hour 2) Very poor health insurance 3) Total structural disorganization 4) Poor leadership 5) Blurry goals and vision 6) Dissonance between the ideals of the organization and the treatment of its workers

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5.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Well-organized/structured Transportation, healthcare, and AmeriCorps benefits Lots of teambuilding

Cons

Long days Uniforms A lot of professional development

3.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

connecting with the students will be one of the most rewarding takeways.

Cons

- lack of admin initiative, at times it feels we are being criticized for our job when we get paid crumbs (11$ and hour after tax, california).

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