Wouldn't reccommend this employer to anyone - Anonymous employee FareStart Employee Review

1.0
Jul 29, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

You can make trauma bonds with your coworkers!

Cons

FareStart cares more about image, numbers, and getting bodies through their doors more than the lives of their students. They have inequitable hiring and promoting practices. Every employee that works in Programs department is miserable.

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5.0
Mar 23, 2023
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Pros

Observed qualities of kindness, understanding, and patience in teaching students. Lovely cheerleaders who believe in your capabilities.

Cons

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1.0
Nov 8, 2024
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Pros

You get paid a little higher than the standard non-profit because of their enterprise model.

Cons

My experience at Farestart was traumatic. As a woman of color, I worked on the data team and worked hard to secure a position in the Tableau data fellowship they were offering at the time. But the CFO, after approving of my participation, refused to let me participate in the full fellowship program, and so my fellowship was given to a white male in the company who did nothing to earn it. The CFO also accused me of not properly informing him of all the requirements of the fellowship, even though I sent him all the documentation and he had officially signed off on my participation in the program. The highest levels of leadership at the company knew about his behavior - including the head of HR and the CEO - and they did nothing. It was a terrible experience, and if they treat their employees this way I can only imagine how the people they serve must be treated and impacted.

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