City Year reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(2,291 total reviews)
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Michael Brown

46% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

City Year has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,291 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 4, 2011

challenging

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Kids fall in love with you- you fall for them too! Amazing network opportunities Ability to explore areas of interest Foster mentorships and genuine connections

Cons

Long Work hours Poverty stipend general bureaucracy issues funky team dynamics

3.0
May 26, 2011

Frustrating but overall invaluable

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Pros

Networking Leadership opportunities Challenging Thinking Great group of intelligent young people Pushes your limits and forces you to grow and learn

Cons

The lack of information given to incoming corpsmembers was very frustrating and the support system for the health and well being, both mental and physical of the corps members was fairly unsastisfactory

5.0
Mar 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

-Doing great work (helping kids stay in school and on track to graduate) -Amazing, incredible people: I can't stress this enough. The people here are phenomenal: supportive, caring, fun, friendly, smart, diverse. -Working in an environment where progressive thinking and positive change is encouraged. -Working where you can try, but if you make mistakes, people help you build back up, instead of treat you as a failure.

Cons

As a Senior Corps Member: -It is easy to overwork and be overworked. -It is easy to feel disconnected from the broad work (working with kids). -Pay is small (but not unlivable). In general: -It can be thankless and difficult work. -Long hours is normal.

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