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Jeremiah Program

I loved my job and the work I did with kids. I saw myself at JP for a long time. However, like other reviews have mentioned, the overall leadership culture needs a lot of work.

There is no faith placed on Frontline staff that their ideas, experiences, and leadership is something of value. All mission ideas come from national and are trickled down via long meetings. We are told that Questions are encouraged, but are never answered. Leadership does a great job of deflecting and turning the question back on the one who asked and in turn the question is never actually answered.
100% transparency seems threatening in that leadership says they are transparent, but pick and choose facts presented. There is no way to evaluate or hold leadership accountable for anything. Their way or the highway. 
As a teacher, I was there for the mission to help our kids. Our kids deserve our best, but the mission is hard to carry out in a culture of toxicity. 

Jeremiah Program is an excellent nonprofit to work for, overall. They have had a lot of changes in leadership but working at the individual site is amazing with passionate, caring and hardworking people!  At a higher national level,  there have been many changes in leadership and goals and that made things harder. Too many changes, too quickly and unrealistic expectations from the sites.  I did question some of their priorities with money and wasteful spending or spending that was not cost effective. Never a good practice when spending donated funds. Pretty disorganized and the message being put out at a national level was not consistent. I hope that improves quickly and they consistently keep those they serve in mind. Too much focus on acquiring donations and not enough on the mission. Way too many meetings!  Not enough work time. 

Jeremiah Program has a great mission, talented team members, and wonderful families that they serve. I was the Volunteer Coordinator for 4 years and due to a lot of company restructuring my role changed to Outreach Coordinator towards my last year there. While I loved loved my team locally, working with the national team and new CEO caused a lot of stress and headaches during my last year there. Poor communication and constant shifts in branding, messaging, and constant promotions for higher ups became deflating as someone who was very dedicated to my role. So my reviews of working here are mixed. If you love your local team you can pull through! Otherwise know that there is favoritism and promotions only for higher ups at the national level. Very little regard for lower tier employees helping families locally, and constant changes that are hard to keep up with. Hopefully things have improved since I left there.

Welcoming the children daily, seeing the smiles is beautiful. Watching them learn, grow is awesome. I learned the new ways families are getting help and reaching goals.
Management doesn't hold families to acceptable standards, going to school, work, etc. 
Workplace culture is toxic. Parents talk about other parents in the building, how their kids act up in the hallways, etc.
Parents talk about staff in the hallways, etc, and JP staff.
The hardest part is dealing with parents not following though on issues, and educational values.
Toxic families making false, unfounded,  accusations against childcare staff resulting in  licensing, and police investigations, which was found absolutely, completely untrue, and baseless. 


Jeremiah program is a great company to work for but the Fargo/Moorhead location is very toxic. The people are very passive aggressive and make it hard to work as a team. The executive director has a tendency to send rude emails and then continues to make situations uncomfortable even after situations are addressed. The team gossips…a lot! And the meetings are almost unbearable there’s multiple meetings a week without regards to home life. Due to being short staffed you are made to feel guilty about having to miss work and sometimes you are even questioned by the executive director. Nothing is done when you complain. You are also unable to send sick children home without the executive directors permission regardless of the situation. The pay is great and so are the benefits. 

At first I really enjoyed my job. It’s a great company and I love what they stand for there daycare is clean and up to code . Some staff there have very bad intentions and aren’t there for the right reasons. They also like to put on on a show and will do anything to make themselves look good. The cdc is toxic and I wouldn’t recommend working the the cdc of Jeremiah program. Also the management sucks ! I have had lots of complaints and never had anything happen about it .My hope for the Jeremiah program is that they invest in there employees as well as there family’s . They really need to revamp and start fresh with new staff and management. 

I was only at Jeremiah for a few weeks for an internship, so I didn't have as much time to get immersed in the culture. I dealt with sensitive documents, so they made sure that I followed certain protocol to keep the info safe. I liked how self-assured the environment felt- not relaxed exactly because that implies we didn't get work done, more just certain that we could do it regardless of what roadblocks got in our way. This is my second exposure to office culture, and I liked this environment a lot because they'd give me a project and let me run with it without constantly checking up because they trusted me. That made me more comfortable to ask questions when I did need help.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay, benefits and time off.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working with the Executive Director. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic and passive aggressive. Most people will smile in your face only to talk trash about everyone behind their backs. Horrible environment. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
When you are able to do your job duties, it isn't bad but there always seemed to be a problem that needed immediate attention especially with the lack of staff.

The workday is well balanced. Due to COVID, employees are giving an opportunity to work within a setting that follows precautionary guidelines. 
Working with young children there is a risk like any other essential worker. 
I enjoy that Care Providers/Teachers are able to support women as they seek to pursue higher education and receive quality care for their children. The overall mission is to build generational achievements through education.

The CEO is absolutely extraordinary. A strong visionary with potent leadership and magnetic charisma. There was healthy growth orientation and supportive communication across the board. With corporate to staff and staff and families. JP had the most involved caring and collaborative board I have ever had the pleasure of serving beside. Highly recommend if you're seeking to make a positive impact and help a heart-centered and deeply important mission. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Early childhood teacher 13 salaries reported	$26.00 per hour
Family support coach 6 salaries reported	$62,583 per year
Operations manager 4 salaries reported	$59,250 per year
Child care center director 2 salaries reported	$88,000 per year
Development director 3 salaries reported	$94,617 per year

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