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Volunteers of America Michigan

I worked at this location for almost a year. At first, the job didn't seem too bad, though a lot of hard work was asked for only little pay. Later on at the job, the employees were being treated poorly by the management, such as getting in trouble for not showing up to work because there was a schedule change and they didn't tell anyone, or that coworkers would be fired and the remaining employees would have to pick up the slack and deal with the stress of being understaffed instead of the salary managers staying, they would leave early for the day and would stay in their offices or watch the cameras to see what the employees were doing. Absolutely no trust. They want you to feel belittled and want you to be scared of them. I felt like I was in high school again with the amount of drama and belittling there was. ALSO, when I first started, I thought the assistant manager was the nice one. Though, later on, I learned that hard way that she's the two-faced one who is the puppet master to make the place how it is. Another negative thing about this location is that they have the choice of pay, but they chose to stick with minimum wage. It's very difficult to live off of this kind of pay. Not to mention that hard work the employees put in. THERE IS A HIGH EMPLOYEE TURNOVER FOR A REASON- I DO NOT RECOMMEND WORKING HERE. 
As much as I'll miss my coworkers and daily customers, there is a huge weight off my shoulders because I don't have to deal with management/other complications.

Veterans of America is a nation-wide non-profit that seeks to transition homeless into sustainable living situations. Working in the Detroit Veterans facility it is an excellent place for veterans to reside as well as rebuild their lives. However this agency could be doing much more for the real plight of homeless veterans than simply just providing them residence, meals, and laundry/bath facilities. To me the staff seems to be more focused on doing as little as possible to directly help a veteran than actually getting the veteran in the community in a sustainable situation. of the seven full time staff members; with the exception of the newly arrive cook/chef, only two interact with veterans on a daily basis and attempt to help them--I'm sorry but it should be doing MORE.

Management is a confused disaster that's unreliable and unresponsive.  Communication is a BIG problem.  Tools and vehicles are old, rusted, and generally neglected.  Their product, which is solely donated goods, is moldy, worn-out, rotting, damaged or was a mouse/animal nest; ie. stuff people want thrown away but don't know where the junk yard is.  Everything reeks of neglect and abandonment.  Employees just tend to mill around without actually helping with the work.  Management "might" be trying to improve, but they are not very effective and have no plan.  Generally you can't put your faith in this place.  Best to avoid.

It was a fun job at first, it was the hardest back braking toe crushing rush of my life. Wow to do this job right you basically do 5 peoples jobs all day everyday. plus riding the bus meant 2 extra hours everyday waiting but it was fun ish. playing the punch clock game with this company is a joke but hey I asked to work there right ha ha. right before I got there they fired everyone who made over 10 bucks an hour then hired at minim wage & built some new stores off our labor, under payed over worked employees & watching your bosses boss show up talking nonsense making your job sound easy cant do your job & makes 5 times what hes worth got old so I left. Its not a thrift store anymore its a corporate garbage dump. 

Oh and paying dock workers the same or less then the girls sorting clothes. lol Love you guys

Recent changes in the company have removed key Senior Leadership, and replaced with unprofessional, unethical, and dishonest Leadership via President decision. More than 5 key personnel have been let go, with zero warning, and zero explanation to anyone remaining in the company. The most recent person to leave on their own free will, due to the President's choice of new Senior Leadership, has still not been addressed by HR, no notification of employee leaving has been published to the departments, a classic sign of the Company not keeping employees informed, especially when it raises red flags due to the number of people leaving positions they have held for many years due to Upper Management changes.

In 2012, joined Volunteers of America National Services (VOANS) as the Development Director for Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. In these markets I facilitated LIHTC and 202 housing development projects e.g. affordable family and senior housing, PSH housing for veterans and families experiencing homelessness. In 18 month span I completed over 72 acquisition analyses involving distress Low Income Housing Tax Credit developments as well as Section 8 developments. Asset acquisition strategies include purchasing notes, general partner and/or limited partner replacement or interest acquisitions, tax credit re-syndications, and fee simple acquisitions.

Volunteers of America is a non-profit organization that accepts donated vehicles to fix and resell. All profits went to the various community outreach programs they have. My job was to inspect vehicles when they were donated and diagnose the repairs needed. The repairs ranged from simple tune-ups [oil changes, spark plugs, etc] to more in-depth repairs [intakes, motor swaps, complete front end repair; new brakes, struts, bushings, electrical issues, body work; dented bumpers, replace headlights, etc.]. Once cars were repaired, by myself as well as my colleagues, I test drove the vehicles to ensure all repairs were made before the cars were sold at VOA's retail lot for the public to purchase.

I can’t say enough amazing things about this organization. Volunteers Of America Michigan truly cares about serving the most vulnerable from homeless to veterans to the senior citizens in our community Volunteers Of America Michigan stands by its mission. I feel 100% supported by my immediate supervisor and my team. The culture at Volunteers Of America Michigan has improved immensely over the course of the last year and I am proud to say that I am employee here. There were some difficult management changes that needed to be done and as a result the agency has grown stronger and better.

Do not work there. They mistreat the veterans give them sub par services they were feeding them old food the veterans do drugs and drink regularly on the premises.   This company is racists they have had several    civil rights complaints. The pay is low the leadership is unprofessional and there is no chance for advancement if your in the housing area. People there pay the vets rent late , they don't provide all the household goods on time vets are loosing homes waiting on their help and honestly the va needs to shut this place down. There is a high turnover rate and the offices are located in the gym. The moral is low and the culture is very bias.

VOAMI is a ministry based agency that allows you to utilize your faith walk with God in your day to day work. VOAMI cares about their employees, the CEO will meet with you face to face (pre COVID) and talk to everyone who worked in the agency. The staff are amazing and all carry the same morals and values of the agency which is helpful when you are working with different populations. The veteran services are the best in Detroit and Southeast Michigan. VOAMI has a diverse set of employees that have worked their way up through the organization. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Service coordinator 1 salary reported	$22.48 per hour
Warehouse/driver 9 salaries reported	$15.50 per hour
Driver 1 salary reported	$17.23 per hour
Property manager 2 salaries reported	$21.25 per hour
It manager 8 salaries reported	$65,000 per year

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