Planned Parenthood reviews

3.3

43% would recommend to a friend

(2,226 total reviews)
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Alexis McGill Johnson

68% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Planned Parenthood has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,226 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Planned Parenthood employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the ONG y Organizaciones sin fines de lucro industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Jan 18, 2013
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Pros

Hi energy coming out of certain areas Never boring due to constant fire drills and changing priorities Addictive culture for those that are natural workaholics Lots of very nice, super intelligent people with good intentions (mostly)

Cons

What starts at the top - trickles down. Starting with the Executive Team - there is no genuine consensus or alignment between leadership and their respective areas, which results in such waste of time, money, energy and underutilized resources. The problem seems to be recognized, but no real effort is ever put towards doing anything about it. Politics and agenda setting are overwhelming, favoritism runs rampant, financial accountability is completely absent and totally unenforced, and there are turf wars going on amongst the senior levels that the folks who actually do the work have to pay the price for. As result - there's morale issues and constant turnover at the true work levels. The culture feels like being back in High School at times, with all of the gossipy back-stabbing and undermining of work that goes on. Good intentions (which are entirely legit) do not make up for a lack of pure functional expertise. Passion does not excuse a complete void of business intelligence when you're wasting precious budget dollars that were sourced from charitable giving - that could be used to support the services at the health centers.

3.0
Mar 16, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

As a young client in my late teens and 20s, I am so, so thankful PP was around. To this day I remain grateful for several years of pap smears and birth control when I was uninsured. I was well paid (in contrast to the hard workers on the clinic floor). I had struggled financially all my life prior, so this was a relief to be well compensated.

Cons

I never felt at home. Felt unsupported and unclear about my role. I was gently let go a few years later and have never been happier. The schedule is grueling and there is no autonomy. Every single thing is under a microscope (which from a liability perspective you can understand, but it feels SO much better to be at a job where you have some creative freedom and trust). The schedule is tightly micro-managed even for managers.--30 minute breaks and your time is managed to the minute BUT you WILL work overtime, and if that infringes on your personal time, too bad. You are 1000% expected to BE the job. I could never totally clock out. To be fair. these workers NEED a manager who is available 24/7/365 but I could never be that person. There are a huge # of callouts and turnover because the organization will not adjust things to make the job sustainable for people. Then, you cannot really hold people accountable, having to jump through a bunch of hoops just to send an email sometimes. It was exhausting. All this aside, I do believe most of the people were there because they truly cared about public health and they worked their tushies off to take care of people.

1.0
Feb 9, 2023

THE WORST PLACE TO WORK

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Pros

NOTHING. awful place, awful executives, disgusting culture

Cons

I work in administration and the amount of favoritism I see and experience everyday with CEO and IT and COO makes me ill. They treat everyone beneath them and if you are not white, you don't have a voice. It is disgusting to see how much some executives are treated, even through they have more skills than the COO. It is shameful to be a part of this organization and their mission is a fraud. They don't care. That's all new employees need to know. THEY DONT CARE.

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