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      Ali Forney Center Reviews

      3.3

      50% would recommend to a friend

      (72 total reviews)

      Alexander Roque

      65% approve of CEO

      47% positive business outlook

      Ali Forney Center has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 72 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ali Forney Center employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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      72 reviews
      1.0
      14 July 2019

      Transphobic staff, bad leadership, and no solutions.

      Youth counselor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      The clients are very endearing people who deserve a fair shot. Engaging clients was the highlight of the job for me, and it kept me from quitting many a time. I’ve honestly felt humbled and touched working with these resilient youth. Who wouldn’t be, though? They’re survivors.

      Cons

      Your staff is a mess. There is rampant transphobia among the rank and file and the veteran staff who are supposed to help the transgender clients we get. We recently had a lecture style meeting led by a senior staff member about STIs and HIV, a very relevant issue for the LGBTQ clients and how we care for them. The senior staff member described penises as male genitalia and vaginas as female. This naturally upset a number of the trans staff members, and I’ve heard them complain about how this bothered them. Many of the regular youth counselor staff (the people who are there daily with the residents in their shelter facilities) regularly misgender clients in front of other staff. I don’t know if it’s out of ignorance or what, but how can you run an organization where you’re suppose to help these people and misgender them, daily?! I’ve heard totally passing trans masculine and trans femme clients referred to by their birth gender, and non-binary clients’ pronouns are constantly disregarded. Some reviews here say that there is few queer/black/trans staff and it’s very true. The community members seem to split from here soon. I’ve mentioned my issues with the company to a few acquaintances in my field and they’ve all heard the stories about AFC and how it treats clients and staff. Don’t let the PR fool you. The work being done here is valuable, but the people doing it don’t know what they’re doing. Policies toward staff and shift duties are not clearly outlined. The on-boarding process is very drawn out and quite painful for something so mundane.

      1.0
      6 May 2014

      Garbage

      Youth counselor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      The actual work is fun- interacting with the clients and running groups.

      Cons

      The management is HORRIBLE. The last supervisor was an arrogant, self absorbed, pompous jerk who refused to do her job properly.

      3.0
      11 Feb 2021

      This Is a Tough One...

      Youth counselor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      If you need some money, the pay and the opportunity to earn is outstanding. $18 an hour, because there's always a house somewhere in need of workers, you can work (almost) as much as needed. I was working up to 80 hours a pay period, BY CHOICE. You're contributing to lives. If you want to do something meaningful, this is the place. Some of these youth really need somebody to listen to them and be there for them. You'll be laughing with them, crying with them, rooting for them, let me just add "some" of them. It's honestly a meaningful place, and opportunity to help the youth. The staff is working hard to bring light to diversity efforts, and make a safe space for folks of color. During the George Floyd riots of 2020, the job was very supportive to staff of color, and offered therapy and even paid 3 days off for black folks. That was pretty awesome. The effort is there, and that was beautiful to see.

      Cons

      There are no cameras, the minute these kids get mad at you, they WILL say or do something to get you fired, including alleging sexual assault, then they'll get their friends to corroborate their story. Some of these kids are sick in the head, and if they believe you done them wrong, they will try to stick a fork in you. This applies of course mainly if you're a male, however it's happened to women before too. On the other side, if you're a woman, you'll be called all types of b words, and everything else under the sun by a few of the kids. This field is not for the light hearted. The youth are encouraged, but not enforced to do anything with their lives, so I mean. Just come to work, babysit them, and go home. The youth face little to no disciplinary action, so you'll just be eating insults up, you can hope a write up will suffice, but most times they don't go far. If they don't do their chores, you'll have to do it for them, and just "write them up" for the 100th time that means nothing. Again, meaningful line of work, and great opportunity to get some money in your pocket. But these kids will look out for themselves, don't get attached to them, or fall for their sympathy trap. Staff is very gossipy and will spread rumors that you do drugs and slept with other people. Sometimes staff is worst than the kids.

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