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
5.0
Jan 14, 2026

Great

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Very supportive team and benefits

Cons

Very Long hours at work

2.0
Jan 12, 2026

Good company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Overall good culture, Some manager will help you train

Cons

Need more training Better pay Focused on looking better than the actual work

3.0
Dec 15, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Positive nonprofit work - Good experience - LGBTQ Friendly Their goal is for you to succeed while also doing this role, they want you coming out of your year with a new position (in house or elsewhere) & in most cases, that seems to happen.

Cons

- Terrible organizing - Management will say "I don't know" to almost every question - awful hours (55+ hr weeks + a weekend every month if you need transit covered, which you will because you don't make enough to live in Chicago) It depends on your manager and director, but since they work with 18-26 year olds predominantly, and many of them with teaching experience, you will get kind of infantalized in some conversations, they will also keep you in the dark about things. You've got a professional development day in two weeks? you won't know the location until that week, sometimes even only a couple days before, and it'll be several hours out.

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