The Salvation Army reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(4,631 total reviews)

General Lyndon Buckingham

91% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

The Salvation Army has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,631 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Salvation Army 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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2.0
Feb 25, 2009
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Pros

The Salvation Army has a great mission, a worthwhile mission and that's what keeps most of us going.

Cons

Where to start... there are very limited opportunities for professional growth and advancement. Salary is not competitive and minimal employee recognition programs.

1.0
Feb 10, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

For quick money, not ever a career. If you were brand new out of college, needed a job, sure, go ahead and get some experience. But don't stay there long, as they will use and abuse you. Nothing is good about the place, other than they always have money, that unsuspecting people donate to them. They don't use the money for it's intended purpose, nor do they feel any remorse for using it for their houses, their cars, their laptops, their cell phones, their utilities, their food, their kids' needs, their complete costs- and you thought they were just "poor" ministers?

Cons

Incompetent ministers put in charge, switched every few years, church people given preferences over other more competent persons. Poor pay, no recognition of talent or any advancement. Poor moral there. They take really ignorant people that are generally failures in real life, give them a quick education and call them ministers, ready to change the world. They are then thrust into management positions, where they supervise large budgets of cash donations, and numerous employees. They are not qualified to do either. Worse, no one supervises the management, so they can run wild and destroy everything that's done, or worse yet, do nothing, which most are really good at.

2.0
Jan 17, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

They are an organization that really tries to meet the needs of those who are desperate and have no where else to turn.

Cons

It can take a more worldly view on how the "mission" is supposed to be worked out. This is an organization that is based on principles from the bible and when you get people involved in those principles become sub standard.

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