Boy Scouts of America Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Boy Scouts of America full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Flexibility of schedule. The honor of working with great men and women in the community. A standard bearer for the community and nation. Good benefits but getting more expensive every year. Competitive and fair salary. Lots of opportunities for training and personal character building. A great place to network and make a real difference every day.

Cons – Time commitment some weeks is 60+ work hours. Ungrateful and non communicative upper management. Good ole' boy organization. Outdated technology and business practices. Run down camps and work centers. Whiny volunteers and stiff gripped donors. Hard to work in a character building organization in a nation of steeply degrading morals and values.

Advice to Senior Management – Really care about your subordinates. Call them on their birthdays, send them Christmas cards, take them to lunch, really help them in their objectives. Build up rather than criticize and tear down. Treat them as you would the Chairman of your committee. Share ideas and success.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boy Scouts of America part-time for less than a year

Pros – Able to fulfill charactor, learning, camping, adventure and public service for youth

Cons – There is a central control initiative for budgeting and policy which slows the field operators

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boy Scouts of America part-time for less than a year

Pros – Easy job no complaints. The hours work well with my time with my family as well as the time I spend in my Scouter career. It is like I get paid to socialize.

Cons – Sometimes it feels that my store is the red headed step child. The things that I think are store policy are not, but make sense and should be. At times it seems like the store has to fight for things that are sensible while adopting things that are counter productive.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to the concerns of your employees for improving the bottom line. Additionally, since satisfying the customer is job one doing what it takes should be the ultimate goal.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boy Scouts of America full-time for more than a year

Pros – Opportunity to impact the lives of youth.

Cons – Long Hours & Low Pay. It is expected you work 50 hours per week minimum with 60-80 hours common during recruiting season, fundraising season, or with special events. As they are a non profit they start all entry level managers at a low pay grade and keep you there for about three years,

Advice to Senior Management – Offer more work life balance.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boy Scouts of America full-time for more than a year

Pros – -Set your schedule
-Tons of skills learned
-Resume booster

Cons – -bad pay
-tons of nights and weekends
-unrelenting and strenuous expectations

Advice to Senior Management – Give DEs less to do

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Boy Scouts of America full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Flexible work schedule, ability to be creative

Cons – Late nights and weekends, hard to further educate or commit to a team in the evenings or weekends

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boy Scouts of America full-time

Pros – They feed you and provide lodging

Cons – Poor facility, poor training, poor management, incompetence in upper management

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Boy Scouts of America as an intern for less than a year

Pros – The staff, the community, the work atmosphere was all amazing

Cons – There were no cons except for not being paid for interning.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Boy Scouts of America

Pros – Exciting location and great job

Cons – They are still against gay marriage.

Current Employee – been working at Boy Scouts of America part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Location, meet lots of great people, little to no expenses during the season.

Cons – Long hours and work weeks, days off may be irregular

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company