YMCA Reviews

Pros

*Communitcation - between the managment, staff, members and organization.
*Growth - ability to work in multiple departments and advance quickly or slowly, all based on you.
*Encouragement - praise for a job well done and common respect an understanding when mistakes are made.

Cons

*Part time, unless working the front desk or in management
*Uncertain schedule

Pros

It is very family oriented. You learn a lot of customer relations skills, as well as problem solving skills, and you genuinely get to impact the daily lives of others in a positive way.

Cons

It can be hard for people to move up the ladder.

Advice to Senior Management

Employee feedback surveys might help to improve some programs.

Pros

Great hours, evenings and weekends free.

Cons

no pay for time off, so enjoying summer comes at expense of paycheck

Pros

They try to hire from within which is good. If you have no experience working with children and want it, than this job is great for you.

Cons

Pay (salary) is bad. They only take into account experience and not education.

Advice to Senior Management

Education is also just as important as experience. A person with a related degree should be paid more than someone with only a certification.

Pros

Vacation Time & Flex Schedule.

Cons

Salary, Not really organized. Needs improvment from top down.

Advice to Senior Management

N/A

Pros

Pay was decent. The overall mission of the Y is good.

Cons

Management always didn't really care about employees performance, they never really acted like you existed. Extremely high turnover. Opportunity for advancement was nominal at best.

Advice to Senior Management

Care more about your employees.

Pros

Some ability to make own schedule

Cons

Cliques, other employees not doing there part and management not correcting the issue.

Advice to Senior Management

Clean house.

Pros

Good facilities
good ability to offer time off
free membership is a plus

Cons

poor pay
no benefits offered
little communication

Advice to Senior Management

You are doing a fine job.

Pros

Great mission and work environment

Cons

Low pay and low opportunities for advancement

Advice to Senior Management

Please look into job enrichment as well as enlargement.

Pros

Scheduling was decent, and the hours weren't bad.

Cons

Lack of leadership and often in between management.