City Year: Putting idealism to work while having your own sucked out of you. - Program Manager City Year Employee Review

2.0
2 Jan 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's an organization doing great things for people who need it most. You wake up and you go to work and you know that what you are doing is just and noble

Cons

Sadly, as is often the case with work that is just and noble, the rewards beyond that are limited if existent at all. The pay stinks in comparison to other nonprofits. They overload you with work and unreasonable deadlines and before you know it whatever dreams of a personal life work life balance are gone and you are fighting just to stay ahead of the curve and often times failing to do just that. They have very poor communication and rarely recognize a job well done.

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5.0
29 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Community, connection, support, and its a great place for recent graduates to go until they figure the next step.

Cons

You won't make a lot of money.

3.0
10 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great experience for the role I had.

Cons

Non-profit volatility post-Covid. A lot of layoffs occurred.

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