Samaritan's Purse Reviews

Pros

- Good team to work with
- Body of believers supporting you
- good benefits

Pros

Mobilizing others to accomplish the Great Commission; leadership development; learning to recruit, select, equip, and develop volunteers; amazing coworkers; strong vision

Advice to Management

Implement a better upward mobility structure. Make pay increases available for high performing staff, listen to field staff recommendations for change. Give Managers and Directors more authority to train those under them. Give authority to field staff to take comp days and build in work-life balance opportunities.

Pros

Gospel-focused. Above reproach both publicly and in partnerships. Benefits and 401K. Good stewardship of resources. Reaching many for Christ.

Advice to Management

Focus on your employees needs. Leadership to focus on retaining their employees by listening to their employees needs which are mainly; working too many hours and not being home enough to be with their families. More support for SP wives/spouses.

Pros

I loved my colleagues and the freedom I had to run programs in our field office in East Africa.

Advice to Management

Make sure your that the mission and the vision you communicate to donors aligns with the reality on the field.

Pros

Amazing, meaningful work. Feel fulfilled knowing the work I do is really making a difference. Mission Statement is core of who Samaritan's Purse is, it's not a platitude, but it's really being accomplished.

Pros

Christ centered and stand firm to their mission of helping those in need worldwide in Jesus' Name; Health benefits.

Advice to Management

The team you work with and the leadership you work under depends a lot on how things within your department are ran. Communication and organizational hierarchy are two things that could always be improved upon within any organization/company; however, the organizational culture at SP is ultra strong and conservative when it comes to hierarchy. Just because someone is in a new position or title does not mean they need to be treated as inferior to those in upper leadership or higher positions. Again, this is not the case in every department but is strong in the one I work. It would be mindful of management to understand the difference between a position of authority and being a leader. To empower your team would be a great help for departments. My management spends a lot of time focused on what we did wrong and what we are not doing right. In addition, there is a strong 'need to know basis' when it comes to projects, assignments, and details for teams - thus more open communication is needed as more times than not this 'need to know basis' slows progress and interferes with an employee being able to give their best work and also have the opportunity to grow.

Pros

This is so much more than a job or even a career, working for SP is an opportunity to be part of a ministry. Within the first six months I feel as if I have established a whole new family and really feel like part of the mission.

Pros

Samaritan's Purse partners with local churches, both in the U.S. and internationally. We understand that the local church was commissioned by Jesus to take the Gospel to all nations, in word and in action, and our mission is to mobilize and equip local churches to fulfill this calling effectively.

Pros

So many truly dedicated believers supporting the ministry and each other.

Pros

World class professionals, within their own career fields, that are sold out for Christ! Able to share your faith while providing help to those that are hurting or in need. Love how quickly we respond to crisis situations around the globe.

Advice to Management

Be sure your teams understand spiritual warfare. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
When you are doing the Lord's work the enemy does everything he can to cause disruption and division.