Dishonesty and abuse - Anonymous employee Dynamic Catholic Employee Review

It’s uncomfortable to write this review. If you are reading it, please know that this I am not writing this as some sort of revenge on Dynamic Catholic, an organization that is filled with many great people and was the source of my happy employment for many years. In fact, it’s my greatest hope to see the true mission of Dynamic Catholic succeed; to see the Church be re-energized. However, after much investigation and several years with the company, it is my conclusion that Dynamic Catholic is not truly ordered towards that mission. Therefore, I am writing this review to warn you that if you are passionate about revitalizing the Catholic Church in America, you ought to be looking elsewhere. This is why I resigned from my role. While Dynamic Catholic may appear to be singularly committed to building the Church, it is my conclusion that it is in fact ordered towards promoting CEO Matthew Kelly’s work, resulting in millions of dollars of revenue for Mr. Kelly and the for-profit entities that he owns. If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. For years, I served at Dynamic Catholic doing what I considered to be my dream job. Unfortunately, it became apparent that not all was as it seemed. In fact, it became obvious that there is a systemic and intentional practice of lying and dishonesty that has become deeply ingrained at the highest levels of Dynamic Catholic. Serious questions about multi-million dollar conflicts of interest listed in the company’s public tax documents (form 990) were met with dismissals and lies from Dynamic Catholic leadership including members of the senoir leadership team. What’s more, on several occassions I was instructed to mislead my colleagues, offering them watered-down, spun versions of company news so that they wouldn’t become restless. Further, there is a general laxity with data that exists at Dynamic Catholic. While ostensibly the most data-driven of Catholic apostolates, Dynamic Catholic in fact notoriously fudges the numbers. Much of the organization’s foundational data — especially surrounding the impact and reach of the organization, but also the so-called “Four Signs” research that makes the case for why Dynamic Catholic exists — is either inflated or imagined. In sum, this is not about restoring the Church. It’s about money. Dynamic Catholic will abuse you for your ideals. They will sell you on dreams of helping the Church become the best-version-of-itself. They will dazzle you with numbers. They will lie to you to keep you happy. And then, in the end, after they have gained all that they can from you, they will discard you. You are worth more than that, and your fervor for the Church should not be wasted here. Please consider working elsewhere.