Alley Cat Allies Reviews

Pros

Headquarters is located in downtown Bethesda MD

Cons

Small non profit with less than 13 employees

Pros

Cats, compensation, benefits, health care

Cons

MANAGMENT, lying 'co-workers', extensive travel, no facility, no regular veterinarian, not enough fosters, protocols inconsistent, no work-life balance

Pros

They have good health insurance and you can look at cat pictures all day

Cons

I can’t add anything new. The good reviews are fake. The bad reviews are accurate. It’s so bad and there’s no real way to convey it unless you’ve been there. They aren’t helping cats. They aren’t helping anyone. If this place were a reality show people would say the drama is being faked for the camera because it’s so ludicrous. The level of paranoia and verbal abuse is almost comical until you realize people actually invest their money and lives to this place. HARD PASS.

Pros

I left the organization before getting fired years ago - my first review is posted here already. (PS Most people at ACA get fired, and for no good reason). I sometimes check back in here at Glassdoor to see how things are going, if anything at ACA has changed. Sort of like checking an ex's social media. I see that nothing has changed.

Cons

The same cruel leadership and ineffective management is reflected in these reviews. Just a note to job seekers...I have thought about this organization, and my negative, scary, sad, stressful experiences there, many times. Truly. Many times. I probably needed therapy.

Pros

Full paid health insurance and dental

Cons

Toxic work environment, unstable leadership, no job security (average tenure less than a year) expensive parking.

Pros

Benefits and pay, but that's it

Cons

-Leadership: The founder is prime example of founder's syndrome. She has too much control over the organization she founded, even though it has grown beyond her ability to manage. She micromanages everything, to the point of nothing getting done. That would be bad enough, but even worse is that she was horrible to employees. At best she's rude, snapping at people and making them bend to her every whim, acting like we had nothing better to do than serve her, instead of doing our real jobs. At worst, she's emotionally abusive and makes employees cry. -Work Environment: During my time there, the COO was so paranoid that she separated conversations if people were talking together for "too long." People were scared to go out to lunch together and close office doors. There's no HR department, so there is nowhere for people to go with these problems. There's also no board oversight for questionable management and financial practices. -High employee turnover: It's a fact of life. Once in the span of about five days, four people left. Two were unjustly fired and two quit and walked out on the spot, which I wish I could say was rare during my time there.

Pros

None. You work hard to earn your vacation days then they wont let you to take then because of a million reasons!

Cons

Never got reimbursed for any of my sick or vacation days accumulated. Had to get a lawyer and ACA would rather pay thousands to legal fees then do whats right. How do they sleep at night?

Pros

Mission, nice people who work there, work/llife balance

Cons

Management is just...rife with scandals, and CEO is pretty much a crazy person.

Pros

Salery that's the only thing

Cons

All aside that,every thing else

Pros

Good health insurance. Good job if you want to gather research for a book about toxic workplaces.

Cons

Google reporter Marc Gunther’s article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy and then go to his website to read his blog posts about Alley Cat Allies and Becky Robinson. That sums up this organization. Dysfunctional and corrupt. Wasting donor dollars. Screaming at employees. Firing people who dare speak up. Run. Run. Run away.