Boy Scouts of America Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Boy Scouts of America full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Ok for an entry level job. Good benefits. Gives you a true look at the harsh realities of the real world.

Cons – They don’t care for your personal time. Long and ridiculous hours, including working on Sundays. Yes, Sundays. Poor opportunities for advancement. Awful upper management. Only care about raising money to pay bills. Could care less about the values of the program itself.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to inspire your staff by showing that you actually care about the Scouting rather than just the numbers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Boy Scouts of America part-time for more than a year

Pros – Work with kids, experience in multiple fields, make lots or friends,

Cons – Mostly the pay and that's about it.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boy Scouts of America part-time for less than a year

Pros – there were people i like working at philmont.

Cons – it was a seasonal job and there was no promise of another stint.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boy Scouts of America full-time for more than a year

Pros – Scouting is a fantastic program that brings families together and helps youth develop their skills and interest. Executives get good exposure to many different aspects of society and opportunities to develop many skills. Some councils are better than others.

Cons – Complete disregard for work-life balance and executive's personal development. Fraudulent pursuit of goals (especially membership) are often encouraged by management. 60-80 hours per week at very low pay are the norm. Group-think mentality keeps getting the organization in trouble. Lacks innovation.

Advice to Senior Management – Respect executives like partners rather than slaves.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Boy Scouts of America full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Learn valuable skills such as fundraising, relationship cultivation in the community, marketing, volunteer management

Cons – upeer management are poor leaders

Advice to Senior Management – Have integrity

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boy Scouts of America full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – You have an opportunity to work with dedicated volunteers and make a difference in your community. The various job duties you have, give you great experience working with different people. You fundraise, work with an executive board of volunteers, public speak and run events in your community. Great training program.

Cons – The job duties and expectations can be overwhelming at times. Not a great work life balance.

Advice to Senior Management – Staff at the bottom need to be treated with respect if you want employees to stay in their postions.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boy Scouts of America full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Some flexibility, self driven, and a great volunteers to work with.

Cons – Work with volunteers can be challenging, and it is still work. :)

Advice to Senior Management – Follow up with your field staff and be accessible to them.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boy Scouts of America full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Working in the great outdoors, working to shape and meld young minds, and working with a team that wants to help America's next generation!

Cons – Position was only during the summer and pay did not actually earn me any money.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Boy Scouts of America full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great people, lots of outdoors time, amazing connections throughout the world, and you learn a new thing every second of the day. Definitely a great learning experience!

Cons – There is nothing negative to say!

Advice to Senior Management – More shooting events, kids of all ages love to be able to shoot down range at targets and they love the outdoors!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Boy Scouts of America full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Work in the comm is very valeuble . fantastic mission

Cons – To much politics they dont have a open mind

Advice to Senior Management – Change the organitaion

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company