Catholics for Choice Reviews

-Toxic Upper Management, No professionalism: No one in an upper level management is on your side. They will not have your backs. Some of them are in conflict with one another and do not get along personally and it bleeds into the working environment. They do not take any constructive feedback and instead just blame those under them who are given too little direction or on the opposite end are micromanaged to the point where they do not gain the skills necessary to improve. I once witnessed a coworker explain to their manager how they felt like they were being mistreated and looked down upon by the manager. In the middle of the sentence the manager very rudely and loudly cuts them off and said "I feel like this conversation is not going to a good place. I need you to finish the work now." That coworker was very publicly fired later without giving their side of the story to the President of the non-profit. CEO/President: Charismatic, but inflexible. Does not understand how modern media, policy, or discourse works. Does not know how to manage people two levels below him. Toots his own horn. Probably reading this and having a good laugh right now. Does not take constructive criticism and problems are everyone else's fault. Will side with upper level management without hearing you out 100% of the time. -HR: There is no HR. Recently the office seems to have been responding to the other posts on here claiming they revamped the old policy which was you talk to your manager (who could have been the one you had conflicts with) and then you talk to the President who will take the manager's side. Even with recent changes the chain is effectively the same. There really has not been substantial change and they refuse to hire an independent HR staff with oversight. -Performance Reviews: Their metrics are outdated and make no sense. They do not know what makes a successful non-profit and what makes a successful, hardworking employee. -Compensation: Below market average across the board even for a non-profit in DC. Recent compensation changes have not increased the base salary substantially. Still below non-profit market average. -Benefits: PTO is near impossible to use and highly looked down upon even though certain members of upper management seemed to be fond of using theirs with relative frequency. No flexibility to telecommute and no flexibility in time either. Contributions to retirement happen only a year after the start date, which few people achieve because of high turnover. No vision insurance which is astounding. They do have fully paid basic healthcare which is the only good thing about the benefits here. -Management: Upper level Management does not know how to manage or take constructive feedback. -Paranoia: Employees have often feared being let go for arbitrary reasons. Not unheard of. See previous example.

Below market salaries, lack of clear strategic vision, and intensely controlling executive management creates a toxic work environment. Highly inflexible leave and flex time policies are especially hard on employees with health concerns and/or families. Staff turns over almost annually as a result. I felt very insecure about my performance nearly every day since the standards seemed to constantly be changing and colleagues were let go due to personality clashes, not performance.