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      3.7

      64% would recommend to a friend

      (25 total reviews)
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      Lorena Mucke

      63% approve of CEO

      52% positive business outlook

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      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Compensation and benefits

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.1

      Senior management

      Educated Choices Program has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 25 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Educated Choices Program employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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      25 reviews
      1.0
      Jan 30, 2023

      Stay Away -- This Company is Not What it Seems!

      Field educator
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      Pros

      I met some of the best coworkers, with the most genuine and kind hearts. These are people who would sacrifice a LOT for the good of the planet and all animals!

      Cons

      This organization is unfortunately run by people who do not care their employees. Your hard work and loyalty mean nothing, and they will exploit you in every way and shape they can. I worked here for years. I was a hard working and loyal employee who was one of the top performing educators they had. They could never seem to make space for a full time position for me. I went years without health or dental insurance. My asks for a promotion/new work were ignored time and again. When I finally walked away - the CEO and upper management said NOTHING. I gave years of my time, energy, and spirit to this organization who claims they are "ethical." Far from it. You can find anyone who has ECP as their former employment (Facebook/LinkedIn) and ask them about their experience. Not a single person will say they left on good terms. This organization started off as a beautiful collection of likeminded people, and ended up as a stinky dumpster fire. Such a horrible experience.

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      Educated Choices Program Response
      3y
      Thank you for your feedback. I share your sentiments about our coworkers, who are some of the best humans I’ve had the pleasure to meet. You state you worked for us for over five years as a Field Educator, so I can assume your experience in this role was satisfying enough to stay with us all those years. I’m sorry we couldn’t offer you health benefits as a part-time Field Educator. The contract states that our health benefits are provided only to full-time staff. I wish we could have, but as a non-profit, we need to be mindful of the money entrusted to us. When we closed down our in-person program and had to let go of our part-time employees, we promoted as many as we could to full-time positions, and some transitioned to contractor roles. However, our need for a much smaller workforce (13 of us) with specific skills and experience didn’t allow us to offer positions to everyone who applied, which was your case. It’s important to note that we didn’t have a bad review from our founding in 2016 until 2021 when we transitioned to a digital program. Our Field Educators were instrumental in our growth, and we will forever be grateful for all their achievements.
      1.0
      Dec 9, 2022

      Constant Mistrust and Lies

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Four day workweek, kind and dedicated lower-level staff

      Cons

      Do you like being micromanaged? How about being talked down to on a daily basis? Enjoy executives talking about you behind your back? What about constantly wondering if you will be the next to be let go because you dared to disagree with anything, no matter how small? If you answered yes to any of the above, this is the place for you! Anyone in a higher-up position who actually cared about people has been forced out. What is left is a dictatorship that will lie to you at every turn, micromanage every little detail, and continually tell you how bad you are at your job. They put on a good front about diversity and inclusion, but the committee is literally just a few white people pretending to care. The egos in this place are next-level, and no matter how good of a job you do, someone will take credit for your work and leave you in the dust. People join for the mission, but even that can't stop the high turnover when people eventually see the light. Stay away.

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      Educated Choices Program Response
      3y
      Thank you for your feedback. I’m happy you enjoyed the 4-day week and that your experience with some of our staff was very positive. Sometimes an organization is not a good fit for everyone, and I’m sorry you feel the way you do. At ECP, our staff does their best to maintain the great organizational culture we have worked so hard to build. However, we recognize there’s always room for improvement and will continue to do so. For example, in the last two years, we instituted mandatory training in several areas to improve managerial skills, including micro vs. hands-on management training. We launched the ARDI (Anti-racism, Discrimination, and Inclusion) committee to foster diversity and inclusion within the organization and in the material we present to our diverse audiences worldwide. This committee has been instrumental in providing mandatory online training for all staff in many areas, such as Anti-racism, Unconscious Bias, Inclusion and Covering, Privilege, Skills for Inclusive Conversations, Women's History, Disability Awareness, Autism Awareness, Black History Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, Neurodiversity, LBGTQ Pride Month, and Mental Health and Wellness, among others. As far as a given credit to whom credit is due, I wholeheartedly agree. If someone took credit for something you did at any point, I’m sorry, and if it had been brought to my attention, I would have corrected it. Everyone should be recognized for their contributions.
      2.0
      Jan 9, 2023

      Started well, ended poorly

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      The four day work week

      Cons

      Petty, dishonest leadership with no regard for legitimate employee concerns. Even though they provided employee satisfaction surveys in the past, no changes came from them, and issues are dismissed. Things are done and redone because there is no direction or assistance from leadership, and some of leadership is not equipped to direct the departments and work is heavily micromanaged. Their focus is haphazardly launching in new areas for the sake of saying something was accomplished rather than obtaining accurate viewer numbers. Student numbers are over-inflated. Many ideas brought to leadership are shot down only to be presented later as someone else's idea. Also, there is no HR department even though they claim to have one, and employees are mysteriously fired or quit at high rates.

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      Educated Choices Program Response
      3y
      Thank you for your feedback. I’m so glad to hear you enjoy our 4-day work week. You are right in that we provide satisfaction surveys filled out anonymously to encourage employees to be honest and open. We take feedback very seriously and do our best to implement action items based on it. Our staff comprises people from all walks of life and needs, and as much as we’d love to please everyone, we can’t, but we do our best within our abilities. Our employee retention rate is high. Today, out of our 13 current employees, six started as part-time Field Educators, moving up to management and director positions over the years. Another two started as interns, became employees, and are now managers. Lastly, many of our current contractors are former employees who chose to continue working with us when we closed down the in-person program. Our growth to other countries has been meticulous and mindful, only spending time and resources after careful consideration. Student/viewer numbers are categorically accurate and reflect what faculty and community members enter when they fill out our booking form. We can’t change those numbers. We keep meticulous records of bookings to back up our numbers, which are available to anyone who requests them. Transparency is essential to us. I’m sorry your experience with us was not a positive one. As we continue with our work, we will consider your feedback.
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