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
1.0
Sep 26, 2025

Arthur Ashe

Recommend
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Pros

The kids are wonderful and a joy to work with.

Cons

The entire staff is against you. Most toxic work environment. No job security. You always feel like you are just about to be fired.

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