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For those who think working for the Church would be at least a family-like caring and engaging environment, you will be in for a shock.

There is as much toxicity within the walls of that dreary pastoral center as you would find on a trading floor or silicon valley cubicles.

The upper management directly below the Cardinal are a mix of incompetence, control freaks, projectionists, narcissists, and people seeming to want to coast to retirement.

With financial struggles and short-sightedness, the Archdiocese is in a downward spiral and, until top leadership move on, the pain will get noticeably worse before better.

Don't waste your talent here - keep looking. Your future self will thank you later.

I was at the Archdiocese for just three months and was happy to leave. Upper level management was so lackluster. I would have anticipated more from the Archdiocese in our nations capital but there seemed to be no vision or communication, very confusing and tiered organizational chart. By far the most siloed place I've ever worked in my career with very little collaboration, bonding, or opportunity to drive any meaningful change. It is clear that the priorities are to maintain the status quo and just do the administrative work necessary to get by. People are generally nice and want to be helpful but nobody seems to know how to build or grow the Catholic church in any meaningful way at this place. If you are zealous about the work of God in the Archdiocese, I would encourage you to consider working for another organization or parish that has the correct leadership in place.

Depending  upon your school and it's location you experience with the Archdiocese of Washington is varied in regards to the work place culture.
Most school require  8 hours and the obligations of  a typical  school, Parent Conferences and Back to School Night  and staff meetings for example. 
It is great teaching students the C atholic Faith, Leadership Skills, Critical Thinking and Em pathy towards others.
 The hardest parts are some schools may require additional  duties i.e. lunch and/or recess duty, substitute classes and Aftercare  duty which makes your days longer and less family time.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working inquisitive young minds who asking very  challenging questions

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It is not easy working with kids in the evening, who spent their day at school. It's very challenging to keep the focussed.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very cordial among teachers, the coordinator of the school of Religion, and the Parish PPriest. Humility and mtual respect characterizes our work culture

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Courses are helg in the evening and starts at 6:45pm wirh lessons and prayer from the Parish Priest till 7h15pm.  Classes follow till 8pm.

Receiving about 200 to 250 check requests per week. Batching, matching, coding, approvals, entering, posting, running  checks every Friday and getting them ready for the mail. Once mailed I had to match up the check stubs with the check request for filing. I also was responsible for the 1099 process. There were four other locations I took care of other then the main office building which housed about 150 employees. On top of the full cycle payables I also handled the office supplies purchasing for all locations. Once a month I also helped with the month end journal entries.

Fully committed to progressive and effective creative solutions in the organization:
• Responsible for creating and executing organization's print materials and Web presence.
• Responsible for maintaining the organization's 600+ page website day to day bases.
• Act as lead liaison between departments, office of Secretariat and multimedia team; oversee creative direction of all projects in the organization.
• Manage creative team to ensure all deadlines and creative expectations are met on time.

It has a good working environment and loving people. As a Church, the diocese is well organised and serves the christian community in diverse ways. It also provides services to school kids and charitable organisations. It really provides a conducive working environment.

I conducted team building exercises here. We became a tighter group and more productive as a result. This is a cross disability working group advising the Archdiocese of Washington on how parishes are doing with their members with disabilities.

The most enjoyable part of my teaching jobs was being able to discuss religion, learn religious concepts and worship God with my students. The best part of my jobs was working in small group environments. I also worked with approachable principals that I could talk to in order to resolve problems.

The people within the organization seem okay; however, in the IT Department things are different.  Most people are not held accountable for their work.  The team is small and there are no real expectations set for each individual, but quick to point the finger.  The most enjoyable part was working with people outside of the department.



Top Job Titles	Average Salary
School teacher 37 salaries reported	$51,519 per year
Elementary school teacher 30 salaries reported	$52,188 per year
Substitute teacher 34 salaries reported	$21.21 per hour
Preschool teacher 12 salaries reported	$47,333 per year
Teacher's aide 13 salaries reported	$18.92 per hour

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