United Way HQ is big disaster - Anonymous employee United Way Employee Review

1.0
16 Jan 2013
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good mission and purpose. UWW provides lots of $ to local communities all around the world. Benefits are okay. Free parking. I was really excited when I got the job. if I was in graduate school, working at UWW would make for a great case study.

Cons

CEO gets paid 750,000 a year. He says his job is to plan ahead five years. But, in the last five years, he has reorganized UWW 3 times. in the most recent re-org (11/2012) 60 people lost their jobs and none of those were executive management. Career paths don't exist in an organization that continually destroys itself. Morale, as you can imagine, is horrible. Directors treat staff terribly and VPs turn a blind eye to blatant mismanagement because they are afraid to lose their jobs. "Rules" are enforced erratically often due to favoritism and cliques. I wish I could say more.

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Pros

Good company, you can see their mission and that they really care about the community

Cons

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3.0
29 May 2026
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Pros

4 weeks of vacation plus holidays, good insurance, decent pension program, Knowing you're making a difference.

Cons

So. Much. Micro-management. Even as a vice president, you will make no decision that isn't second guessed by the CEO. HR is overly complicated and hiring practices are so rule-bound that quick hires are almost impossible. The people that are hired are all excellent and really good at their jobs but each decision they make is second guessed away until everyone has a sense of learned helplessness- nothing can be done quickly because it has to be run past the CEO before it can be implemented.

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