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This was one of the most unprofessional organizations I have ever worked for. There is absolutely no leadership. The managers that are in place have no say or input in the decisions that are made, basically all walking puppets. There is no HR, therefore nothing is kept up to standards. If you do not keep track of your vacation days they will try and take them from you. If you do not keep all of your training certificates they will say they never existed. Programs claim to have these huge numbers of kids enrolled. Paperwork does not match reality. They receive a bunch of money from funders but when an employee has to put on an event for the community, there is no money and they have to raise money in order for it to happen. 

The biggest issue that exist is when an employee ask questions. The organization is ran on "FEAR". They do everything in their power to intimidate the employee into doing something. For example during Covid-19 they tried to force employees to sign a contract saying they are "voluntarily" showing back up to work and if they were to get sick it is their fault. The problem is there was no conversation about the contract, it was simply emailed to the employees and demanded they sign it. 

They do not care about the employees. For vacation time, if you do not pay attention to how much time you have, they will take it from you. They want you to come work on weekends for certain events and not pay you for your time. Then they get upset when someone does not show up to the event. No overtime is offered and for some reason they drill in every meeting "work your 40hrs". This company has a VERY HIGH turnover rate. Half of the time people get terminated for no reason. You have managers in place that do not do anything but suck up to the CEO. If asked to do something they either do not know how, or find someone to do it for them. 

There is no transparency with this company either. No one knows where money is being put when received through donations outside of grants. Everything is a secrete and if you find out, it is because you know someone in the inner circle. The managers are supposed to relay what is said in managers meeting to the other employees in their program, that does not happen. The kids are supposed to have a place where they can come and do work if needed and have access to computers and internet. When the laptops were donated, to the kids, they magically disappeared. The kids always run up to the employees asking to use their computers instead. They claim to help at risk kids, but all the "trouble" making kids are kicked out of their programs instead of helping them. Many kids have left and went to other programs that actually help them. Schools are beginning to deny entry to provide their services due to the lack of responsibility by GA to hold on to their end of the bargain. There is also schools that they owe money to from past promises that they did not follow through on. When someone is terminated, they will continue to bill for that person so they can continue to receive money under that person's name. A bunch of lying, cheating, and stealing goes on at GA.

From the outside looking in this organization may look like it is doing good things, but in reality they are using the community. This organization is more interested in how many grants they can get vs helping the community. 

I would not advise anyone join this GA "FAMILY"!!

I worked in a role in the community and I enjoyed the interaction with the kids that I served. There is a lot of drama in this organization. Management lacks diversity and transparency. This organization is built on fear. The CEO means well, but has the wrong people on his executive team. The organization prides itself on being a faith-based environment, but treats employees and prospective employees badly. Also, leave time is not calculated correctly. A former classmate of mine recently interviewed for position and the interview was a nightmare. The interview turned into an interrogation session, instead of an interview. The meeting should feel like a question-like dialogue to better assess the candidate, not a "I am trying to get you" session. The interviewer wanted my former classmate to tell her all of the places that she was applying. The interviewer was very rude and condescending and tried to make the interviewee feel as if she was less than. Everyone should feel respected at all times. Humility goes a long way, even when the interviewer is not considering the candidate. Management should under-go interview training. The irony of it all, the interviewee has had more well-rounded experience and exposure than the interviewer. It is very unprofessional when a candidate leaves an interview and sends an email to withdraw candidacy shortly after.  Very distasteful for the organization. The organization wants to grow, but has the wrong people leading with the growth. Everything is last minute and management is not open suggestions. Staff is forced to work additional hours without any additional compensation and there is no room to grow from within. The numbers that are often reported in the paperwork does not match the actual work. This organization is not open to new ideas and will never grow effectively without incorporating new ideas and thought processes. I enjoyed working with the families, but not with the company! TOXIC and UNPROFESSIONAL!

This organization has a great mission and vision but survives on running its organization in a traditional manner (i.e. no flex time, no overtime, telecommute, sufficient pto). The work is arduous and the office environment is not as casual as it could be; very formal (i.e. Mr. so and so, Mrs. so and so, rarely on a first name basis even between close colleagues). 

There are no younger people in leadership roles. The pay is not commensurate with experience and background. There is also a requirement to work over 40 hours without overtime pay or flex time anytime there are events on nights and weekends because all positions are grant-funded. There seems to be no opportunity for advancement or pay increase if managing a program/project.

PTO is 5 days the first year after a 90 day probation. 

The Project Coordinator position and duties do not require you to be in the office 40 hours/week and telecommute would be a benefit especially for programs that have field staff. 

There is also an air of distrust and fear of retaliation. I was warned, "If you're going to be someplace, be there. Someone might pop up to check on you."

Each project/program manager is REQUIRED to raise at least $1000 during annual fundraising while the staff is required to raise at least $500. Fundraising in ANY nonprofit organization is first-and-foremost the responsibility of its board of trustees. (i.e. Duty of Care) 

Grant reporting is not taken seriously. The organization has "connections" with many of the grant funders so they are comfortable with turning in reports late or not at all in addition to poor data collection and fidelity. There is generally a lack of accountability and organization.

Executive management lacks the ability to genuinely connect with employees. You can give ideas and they will either get turned down or executive management will take credit. 

There is a constant feeling that you are being watched. You can't even send an email without having to copy your supervisor. It seems as if they are in fear of something negative being said without their knowledge. Daily logs are required giving hour by hour description of work activities. No matter how hard you work, they are never satisfied.  They pile a lot of  responsibilities on the same people which is very unfair. People will lie on you just to cover their own failure to follow through. There is a lot of favoritism and only certain people can get away with things. Everything is last minute and they have little to no consideration for the employees' time. In short, they are very selfish.

Executives use intimidation and manipulation to keep employees "in line". You never really have a "choice" even when you are presented with one, the answer should always be "yes". They belittle individual employees using words like "incompetent", "lazy" and "dumb". There is a lot of gossip about the staff behind their backs. There have been instances of yelling and cursing at employees.

I've worked for this company 3 years before I left. In my experience, the company does not promote or encourage it's employee growth. The staff has gotten used to the high turnover. The administration is out of touch. There are several unspoken rules. On the outset, the company looks friendly but once you reach 90 days, you realize this is a TOXIC environment. No promotion, No raises, Employees are NOT appriciated. The company is ruled by Fear and Intimidation. The administration is Not supportive of the staff. There's an element of Fear and Distrust everywhere. Employers are not asked, they are "Expected" to work over 40 hours. Any time over 40 hours is taken as volunteer work and a decision you made on your own, which leaves them to say you will not get paid for volunteering or giving up your free time. You are asked, No Required to work some weekends Without paid. There is no flex time and you are given no other option due to fear. It's a TOXIC workplace built on Fear and unappreciation.

This is a hostile/fearful work environment. The CEO and some of the upper management created this unhealthy environment. This not only makes the workplace toxic, but it hinders you from doing your job. Due to fear, employees refuse to suggest new ideas or Workers are on edge and are required to turn in a weekly schedule, so they can track your every move and know about your whereabouts. You are also being watched when you come into the office. You are warned about random “pop ups” and random schedule checks. The employees fear not only losing their jobs, but they fear retaliation for speaking up or saying no to “volunteer events.” The word “no” is not a choice, so you are bullied into doing an event you don’t want to do on the weekends. The workers are considered expandable and have to acknowledge that there is only one leader. The CEO makes all the decisions and let’s you know that you do not have a choice in the decisions.

I really wanted to work here, the interveiw went great and I really wanted to help make a difference in the community...they did a phone screen and then a panel interview...on both interveiws they lied to me about the salary. My salary was discussed in the panel interveiw...a few days later the CEO called me offering a significantly lower salary far from the range i was told...as much as i wanted to take the position i just couldnt see myself working for an organization that starts off their relationship with me based on lies...i made the self respecting decision to decline based off that. Still think they are a great organization just need to be more ethical and moral in their practices..especially during the recruitment process.

I worked here for while and there are no opportunities to get a raise unless you go to a different department which is pretty impossible given the vastly different requirements for each role. You’re paid very little and although you’re partly compensated for driving, you’re driving all the time so it just doesn’t add up. The place is faith-based, but that actually means prayer before every meeting and super traditional, borderline EEOC violating, views by employees at all levels (STRICT gender roles, views on gay/trans people very behind the times, etc). They lose good people because they don’t know what to do with them.

Organization leadership is definitely leading this organization into the ground.  Staff does not feel empowered but more like slaves, lack of communication up, down and around the organization.  There is no efficiency across operations and a lack of internal controls with little to no direction.  Lack of employee diversity and turnover is very high.  When your main goal is all about money and self, and not improving the services you already have, it can and will lead to self-destruction.  Moving too fast, too soon and without the proper resources and supports in place will burn staff, lead to mistakes and take the organization under which is where it is headed.

Terrible ! The worst job I've ever had. HR is unprofessional and they push you to quit. This is a FEAR based work environment. They fire you without an explanation and do not make logical decisions. If you think you will make your 24 hrs as a part time therapist, think again. They will do anything to make sure you do not bill all of your hours. Don't waste your time with this company.

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