Company is doomed - Anonymous employee NCCER Employee Review

1.0
7 Apr 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

A few great people and good benefits

Cons

Low pay, no work from home even though most of the jobs could be done remote. Many employees leaving because of these reasons, really high turnover (they removed the staff page to hide this) The CEO is overly involved in day to day operations and belittles junior employees. For a company of this size there is no reason for the CEO to be so involved in interviewing and salaries if employees. He has a very dated view on how a company should be ran and refuses to keep up with the times. Pay is well below market and the CEO is adamantly against working from home, because he won’t be able to keep an eye on you, he even installed new short cubicles to be able to see what everyone is up to. If you do not agree with what he says or provide any pushback, he takes it personally. As a non-profit the executive teams salaries and bonuses are public information, they give themselves bonuses larger than most of the employees salaries and employees only get a 3% yearly raise and $250 for Christmas. God forbid you ask for a raise (CEO will bring you in to his office and gaslight you into believing you don’t deserve it, regardless of your work performance). The good talent that is at the company is being under utilized and leaves very quickly to better opportunities. There’s is 0 investment in retaining talent. If you are in one of the few non-niche roles or not a director or above, you have a million better options out there, and will see a substantial pay raise (way more than 3-5%) get out while you can. All the employees with marketable skills leave in a few months of joining

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
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Pros

Excellent work/life balance. Great support from the leadership team. Willing to be flexible and make changes when needed to advance the mission.

Cons

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1.0
24 Jun 2026
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Pros

The people who actually do the work are fantastic

Cons

The upper management + ELT need a serious reality check to get with the times. They are not paying people enough or giving them the flexibility they need to be remote - so of course people are leaving and jobs aren’t being filled. Then instead of showing the people who stay respect, they kick them while they’re down. More work, no acknowledgement, and vindictive managers. On top of that, employees are actively dissuaded from using their benefits (the “flex” pto is a joke) when they already don’t get paid enough. This place allows toxic leadership to thrive and pull their direct reports down to get ahead. The CEO openly disparages entire teams and departments and shows clear favoritism to people that don’t know basic communication skills. The HR department is a joke, with the one HR person being incredibly rude and disrespectful if you’re not on her good side. The rest of the upper management are tone deaf and don’t advocate for their employees. I could go on and on, but the bottom line is that the company’s culture and outlook are failing fast because the CEO and select upper management are too busy trying to make themselves look good instead of actively trying to fix the problems that they have caused.

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