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Break a Difference

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Crashed hopes in the non profit world - Site Lead Break a Difference Employee Review

1.0
12 May 2015
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Pros

The best reason to work for this company hands down are the volunteers you will be working with. Most are intelligent, hard working and driven. Another good reason to work for this company is training on how to create an experience for a group of people. They provide housing.

Cons

There are a lot of cons but the greatest is the company culture. I will not go into extensive detail but take my word for it when I say the more you find out the more messed up you realize the company is. Here are a couple of the lighter examples: Take my word for it when I say that you will work well (try 20 to 30 hours) above the hours that they say you will work and there is no extra pay for the time you give since you are on contract. There is no respect for personal time and no one in the company tries for a work life balance. While you are working for them there is no such thing as a full day off. They do not negotiate salary so if you are not going to get the one you want then just walk away because they will not budge. In addition there is a big issue with paying people on time. By the contract you will sign they have until 30 days AFTER the last day of the contract to pay you and they will wait until that time so do not expect to use the money you will make toward any upcoming bills because you will be late on them. Upper management does not trust anyone and so everything you do will be micro managed, but badly. Many times they will take over something, not knowing what is going on and mess it up and then get confused and yell at you for what they did.

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5.0
27 Mar 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Work within your schedule, lead community service projects, travel and meal expenses covered, meet cool people

Cons

None, a great additional job!

5.0
5 Jan 2016
Recommend
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Pros

When I worked with Break A Difference (BAD) for a summer I enjoyed every bit of it. BAD worked with another local disaster relief company and led groups of volunteers on days of service at an assigned residence in designated construction activities (e.g. demolition, dry wall installation, painting, or sub floor installation) while providing motivation, supervision, and hands-on guidance to volunteers. At BAD I learned basic construction skills, inventory skills, and how to lead volunteers. Leading volunteers was the most enjoyable part of working with BAD because of the willingness of the volunteers to serve and help out in any way that was needed. No matter the project, people are willing to serve and will usually learn what they need to do pretty fast after you teach them. My manager went out of his way to offer his help and was considerate of my skills and beliefs. He would defer his authority to me when I knew more about the topic or job at hand than he did.

Cons

I have nothing negative to say about working with Break A Difference. I enjoyed my summer working with them and cannot say enough about how enjoyable my time was there.

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