CNFA Reviews

3.8

81% would recommend to a friend

(49 total reviews)

Sylvain Roy

93% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

CNFA has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 49 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CNFA 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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49 reviews
2.0
12 Mar 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good health, dental, and vision insurance package. More holidays than other companies in the industry, and holidays and sick leave are split. Opportunity for travel among junior staff.

Cons

HR exists to protect senior management, and makes little to no effort to support mid- and junior-level staff. On at least a dozen occasions during my tenure, CNFA HR made junior staff cry. Not a supportive environment for employees with physical disabilities, and very little support available to employees prioritizing mental health . Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion seems to be surface level only - employees who expressed concern about DEI were forced onto a committee to fix the issue for the company without any management buy-in. The suggestions of the newly formed DEI committee were disregarded entirely. Little was done at the start of Covid-19 to ease employees' transition to working from home, or provide support throughout the pandemic. Some managers blame project failures on junior staff as well as verbally abuse their subordinates. Rate of accrual of sick days should be higher, especially during a pandemic. Salaries are low compared to competitors within the industry, and negotiation is distressing and challenging due to blatantly hostile conversations with HR.

1.0
9 Mar 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Talented, and underappreciated, junior staff. - Opportunity to travel - Some nice wellness events. - More holidays than most companies. - If you're good at staying quiet in the face of injustice, you'll do great here.

Cons

Workplace bullying, discrimination, harassment, and abuse -CNFA lacks adequate reporting and those that do report any of the aforementioned are met with retaliation, lack of confidentiality, and the ultimate demise of their reputation at CNFA. I personally witnessed several colleagues reporting ageism, other forms of discrimination and workplace bullying to no avail, to the extreme detriment of their mental health. HR is well aware of the abuse upper-level individuals are inflicting , even stating to me "I was waiting for you to come forward," and yet do nothing. The executive team also turns a blind eye, valuing output more than the people they work with. Diversity - Or lack thereof. This is the least diverse development org I've ever worked for. While our competitors had townhalls, released statements, and initiated learning events surrounding the events following the murder of George Floyd, CNFA couldn't even acknowledge what was going on in our own backyard without the pressure from their junior staff. Similarly, there wasn't so much as an email during the insurrection of the Nation's Capital, epitomizing the complete lack of regard the Executive team has for their staff/ staff's mental health. Why would any POC want to work for an org that doesn't value or represent them (check out the diversity of the board/executive team for example). Lack of transparency - decisions that impact employees are more often than not discussed behind closed doors without any input from staff, particularly junior staff. There aren't any salary scales, and staff are paid according to the head of HR's whim (who quite literally plays favorites).

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