Does First 5 LA pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, First 5 LA employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at First 5 LA. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at First 5 LA?

30% of First 5 LA employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated First 5 LA 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.6 for culture and values and 2.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at First 5 LA?

Program Officer (5) , Executive Assistant (3) , Communications (2)

What are the pros of working at First 5 LA according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and working for a good cause." ((in 7 reviews)); "oriented; smart, committed staff; lots of resources available to support community" ((in 5 reviews)); "Good people." ((in 5 reviews)); "Good pay, good benefits, most of the folks working there are truly trying to make an impact and improve conditions in LA County" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at First 5 LA according to real employee reviews?

"The bureaucracy and semantics are far too difficult to bear (on top of poor management)." ((in 4 reviews)); "Since becoming a supervisor roughly 8 years ago, my manager has consistently failed to retain talent." ((in 3 reviews))

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First 5 LA

First 5 LA Reviews

2.8

30% would recommend to a friend

(43 total reviews)

Kim Belshé

44% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Work/Life balance

2.6

Culture and values

2.4

Diversity and inclusion

2.4

Career opportunities

2.1

Senior management

First 5 LA has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The First 5 LA employee rating is 23% below average for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

43 reviews

1.0

25 Apr 2021

Save yourself from poor management and a toxic culture

Senior program officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Tele-work, pay, and time off.

Cons

First 5 disguises themselves as a non-profit who cares for children 0-5 years, however, it is ALL politics. The bureaucracy and semantics are far too difficult to bear (on top of poor management). They fired multiple departments out of the blue during a pandemic with no regard or care about the well-being of the employees and their families. Others have voluntarily left because of the toxic work environment/culture. This is not a team that works together, but rather one where everyone looks out for themselves and are very defensive/withholding of information. Save yourself the time and energy from being apart of a pitfall disguised as a safe workplace.

1.0

26 Apr 2021

Nepotisim, medicrety, and abusive white supremacist culture

Program officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

pay, union station location, flex fridays

Cons

culture of fear, favoritism from CEO to specific employees, incompetent Human Resources department

3.0

10 May 2017

A Stepping Stone to Better Opportunity

Support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Most people are drawn to F5 because of it's worthwhile mission. Despite the difficulty of working with the politics of LA County politics and an enormously slow bureaucratic system, the mission is what drives staff to collaborate, persist and do great things. When staff moves on to another job, they typically move on to greater things. First 5 LA is a great stepping stone to bigger and better things. Health care is covered 100% Flexible work hours

Cons

For some, this is where talent, promise and ambition comes to die. Some managers are content experts in their field but lack the actual skills to manage people effectively. Staff who have been working here for many years cling to the old way of doing things and as a result they are a huge obstacle to progress and efficiency. Since the org is governed by the LA County Board of Supervisors, politics often interferes with the work and at times it can be discouraging. Lower level positions have almost no opportunity to advance even after years of service and experience. Experience working here can vary from department to department. Some staff is miserable and others are perfectly happy.

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