AmeriCorps Reviews
Updated May 17, 2020
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Approve of CEO
Rosie K. Mauk
231 Ratings
Pros
"Great way to earn non-profit experience" (in 86 reviews)
"great experience, teamwork as well as leadership roles" (in 63 reviews)
Cons
"Living stipend is nowhere near enough to live comfortably" (in 65 reviews)
"Difficult to make ends meet with below minimum wage monthly stipend" (in 49 reviews)
"Great opportunity to attain skills in area of study"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at AmeriCorps full-time for less than a year
Pros
Education award, opportunity to travel and network
Cons
Long hours, stipend not much
AmeriCorps2020-01-09"Great way to gain experience / Poor pay"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsI have been working at AmeriCorps full-time for more than a year
Pros
Training and meeting amazing people. You gain real world experience VERY quick. You will be thrown into the work and you will learn.
Cons
Pay is terrible. It is a service year and you get a living stipend. I could make this work because I lived at home and had money saved up from my last job. I DO NOT RECOMMEND trying to live in an apt. with this income unless you have other funds/support.
AmeriCorps2020-05-17"Great work, sometimes poor communication"
I have been working at AmeriCorps full-time
Pros
I worked at a really great non-profit and got to do direct service with refugees and immigrants.
Cons
Communication with our regional office was sometimes poor - our supervisor sometimes would not respond to emails, or lose our information
AmeriCorps2020-05-17"Great for the experience but low pay"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at AmeriCorps full-time
Pros
You will be trained in some excellent reading interventions and it is a great way to get a sense of what it is like working in a school. You also get health insurance.
Cons
The pay is hardly livable. They have changed some of their hour requirements recently (I believe) but you will work hard for very little.
AmeriCorps2020-05-11"Americorps VISTA Service"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at AmeriCorps full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great way to earn non-profit experience! Easy to work with lots of different departments and gain knowledge
Cons
Extremely low pay and very confusing chain of command. If the organization you're placed with is poorly run then that will affect you as well
Continue readingAmeriCorps2020-05-06"Teaching Fellow after graduation for gap year prior to dental school"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Neutral OutlookI have been working at AmeriCorps full-time for less than a year
Pros
Had the chance to change a lot of lives of kids coming from difficult situations and was very rewarding
Cons
I received little training and did not fully understand what the teaching environment would look like in the school I worked at. It was extremely difficult and I spent a lot of time learning on the job.
Continue readingAmeriCorps2020-05-05"great people, low pay"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at AmeriCorps full-time for more than a year
Pros
great people, great mission statement, meaningful work
Cons
low pay, low benefits, people don't take you seriously and don't respect your hours
AmeriCorps2020-05-18"Great experience"
I worked at AmeriCorps full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great resume booster and volunteer experience
Cons
A bit unstructured and open-ended
AmeriCorps2020-04-28"behavioal interventionist"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at AmeriCorps full-time
Pros
the benefits and loan forgiveness
Cons
poor work-life balance for workers
AmeriCorps2020-05-12"Great idea, poor execution"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at AmeriCorps full-time for less than a year
Pros
Job experience, Non-profit experience, entry level, professional development available
Cons
Pay, not for those who are on their own/ without financial support, not really possible to have a second job, promise perks to make up for pay but it's really up to you
Continue readingAmeriCorps2020-05-12
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