Long hours, rewarding work but really ineffective management - Anonymous employee City Year Employee Review

3.0
Jun 14, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Really rewarding work. You really feel like you make an impact every single day, so you sleep pretty well at night if that's something you're worried about

Cons

really long hours, poor pay, and ineffective management. most managers have just started entering their professional lives and they do a horrible job at responding to feedback and creating a positive work culture. makes you really regret working for them, trick is to pay attention to the wider impact. also, they are terrible at responding to stress. terrible.

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Cons

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