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The Guidance Center

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The Guidance Center reviews

3.4

46% would recommend to a friend

(93 total reviews)

Laura Huot

34% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

The Guidance Center has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 93 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Guidance Center 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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93 reviews
4.0
Jul 1, 2016

Family Service Worker

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible and you have the ability to meet different people

Cons

Upper management does not know how to communicate

5.0
May 20, 2016

Supervisor

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Supportive environment with agency financial stability. Opportunities for internal promotions and an agency committed to staff development and growth. Excellent benefits and competitive salary.

Cons

Staff turnover is often high. Productivity expectations are high and unrealistic. Secondary traumatic stress is inevitable. Also a Union work environment.

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The Guidance Center Response
10y
Thank you for this feedback. As the review indicates, TGC is a learning organization. As such, we often hire new graduates and help them to obtain their full licensure free of charge while working with us. Sadly, that also comes with a corresponding negative effect at times - staff turnover. It is not unusual for staff to obtain full licensure through our support, training and supervision only to have them explore roles in other industries that they had been ineligible for with a limited license. Even realizing the potential exists for staff to leave with a full license, we remain committed to supporting this process. Many of our leaders are staff who started with us as a limited license professional and have been promoted. We also work hard as an agency to utilize all of the data obtained through exit interviews and on-going staff feedback to continually improve our agency. TGC has some of the best employees in the industry.
3.0
May 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Love working with children , low income family's, many resources for family's , vacation over the summer, personal time off all holidays off

Cons

School does not celebrate holidays, cannot bring in outside food,

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The Guidance Center Response
10y
Thank you for this feedback. We understand the concern about celebrating the holidays and the desire to celebrate with the children we serve. However, this happens to fall under the funders performance standards. The standard takes into account that not all children's or family's beliefs would align with the celebration. It is intended to create a fully inclusive environment for all. With an ever growing number of children having food allergies, some airborne, we hope that all of our staff understand and support the critical need to make sure the children we care for are not accidently exposed to something harmful.
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