March of Dimes Reviews

Pros

- Amazing work dynamic with peers.
- Good leadership
- People are very passionate about what they do

Cons

Only real con is they have some out dated technology and mid-level management is afraid of new technology.

Pros

- laid back dress code
- flexible, you can come in whenever you feel like it (as demonstrated by "management"
- meet great people through committees

Cons

- empty promise after empty promise when it comes to raises
- management... wait, there is no management
- horrible work/personal life balance. This job demands a lot of your weekends and evenings without comp time, let alone compensation. It's not worth it for the "just above minimum wage" you'll make.
- the most unprofessional place I've ever worked

Advice to Senior Management

Figure out what direction you want the foundation to go. Then, learn how to communicate that. After that, put some management in place and execute the plan.

Pros

The Mission would be the only reason I would reccomend anyone to work for this Foundation.

Cons

The state chapter is a disorganized and a chaotic mess. In addition team support is not welcomed. Management and support are seriously lacking. Company politics and individial accountability are extremely poor. A very unfriendly working enviroment. Your hard work due dilligence and integrity is not appreciated nor warranted. Before working there I read the reviews and thought they were just disgruntled employees. However, all the reviews are in fact factual. For a philanthropic organization I was dumbfounded how team oriented the staff is not. Very Disconnected and power hungry. I feel for the one individual veteran in management her hands were tied but she was wonderful and deserves better. I will comment the North Jersey office staff are a wonderful group of hardworking individuals that are team oriented welcoming and intelligent.

Advice to Senior Management

Promote a team oriented atmosphere and hire administrative support for the overworked and overwhelmed staff.

Pros

A good mission
opportunity to work with families affected by prematurity and birth defects
Co-workers were great

Cons

Organization seems to be in trouble. Lost focus! Employees are disrepected/ burned out. Rampant turnover that is justified by leadership as entry level turnover. There are few opportunities to advance, absolutely NO listening or respect from employees OR the volunteers in the community. I question the way money is wasted, not because MOD is a non-profit, but because they simply waste money!! When revenues are down (as they are NATIONWIDE) the leadership here is firing and intimidating fundraising staff. The truth is there have been few if any new relationships to come on board i(nationally, regionally) in a few years. The MOD has lost some great top leaders and has kept some dead wood!!

Advice to Senior Management

When you ask for feedback, LISTEN! Respect your employees as you claim to respect your volunteers. Old time managers are imtimidated by ANY new ideas. This organizations needs Dr. Phil to ask "...and how's that working for you?" In 25 years of revenue development I never witnessed such out dated philosophies. Stop blaming the BOT for decisions being made, I think they would croak if they went into the field and witnessed the nonsense!!

Pros

Fulfilling a great mission is definitely one of the best reasons to work at the March of Dimes - the people who work there absolutely have the mission at heart.

Cons

The March of Dimes is incredibly disjointed - senior level management at the national office have very little understanding (or at least offer little acknowledgment) of the day-to-day difficulties and challenges that employees at satellite offices face in fulfilling their responsibilities. Additionally, as much as a Community Director at an office can understand about financial motivations/background of the organization, the March of Dimes's unwillingness to catch up with the times and invest in technologies that enable employees to be successful, or even just functional, puts the organization at a serious disadvantage.

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to foster open channels of communication with satellite offices and create more of a culture where employees feel as though their grievances/feedback is heard and appreciated.

Pros

Flexible schedule, excellent benefits, a great cause, meet lots of people, no two days are ever the same, promotes from within

Cons

Terrible work/life balance: long hours, lots of weekend and evening work; low pay, loads of turnover and management changes, frequently changing objectives

Advice to Senior Management

Reduce position turnover by hiring employees with experience and compensating them accordingly. So many Community Directors are recent college graduates using the position as a stepping stone to other jobs. Just as a community is getting used to their March of Dimes representative, they are given someone else to deal with. People like continuity--especially when it is someone to whom they are donating money.

Pros

You feel like your making a difference in peoples lives. It is not a pressure cooker environment. Casual dress code.

Cons

There is a lot of extra dead weight employees that can be trimmed. They have trouble dealing with tough employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Do what is best for the orgazization, not just personal relationships. Reviews should be more often than once a year.

Pros

Helping others
Working with like-minded people
Meeting those that you help
Planning fun events
Company seems financially stable
Greater good

Cons

Management shows no appreciation
High turnover rate among management
Lack of flexibility in hours and time off
Little chance for advancement

Advice to Senior Management

Teach management how to appreciate the 'little people' in the organization

Pros

Good benefits, nice people, pretty good work environment.

Cons

Difficult place to be a high-achiever if what you want to achieve is not a priority for management.

Advice to Senior Management

Put more value on your hardest workers -- give them an opportunity to lead and excel if they demonstrate promise.

Pros

The mission connection and opportunity to help others on a daily basis. There is an opportunity to really get to know volunteers and be part of an organization that has an amazing history and talent to make change for the better in this nation

Cons

Lack of time most employees stay with organization

Advice to Senior Management

Constantly evaluate compensation of those emplose actually staying with organization