City Year reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(2,284 total reviews)
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Michael Brown

48% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

City Year has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,284 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The City Year employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Educación industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
3.0
Oct 23, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

-Good network after you complete your year of service

Cons

-You feel unimportant in school -The pay is low -If you dont like your team leader or impact manager, you will hate it here

4.0
Oct 23, 2025

Great ED, MDI

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Ed in Luke hostetter. He’s fantastic. Daryl is amazing.

Cons

Learning and development is unorganized and poorly done and managed. Hr needs hr, poorly managed. Hr person picks battles with everyone

4.0
Oct 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

served from 2009-2010, good experience overall

Cons

team leader could have been a better leader but he was very nice

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