Does Close Up Foundation pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Close Up Foundation employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Close Up Foundation. This rating has decreased by 9% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Close Up Foundation?

45% of Close Up Foundation employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Close Up Foundation 2.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Close Up Foundation?

Program Instructor (34) , Senior Program Instructor (3) , Sales Representative (2)

What are the pros of working at Close Up Foundation according to real employee reviews?

"meet cool people and learn cool things" ((in 4 reviews)); "Close Up provides Metro benefits, cash/vouchers for all meals during the week, and opportunities to stay with the foundation at the end of the season." ((in 3 reviews)); "Staff is awesome and caring" ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Close Up Foundation according to real employee reviews?

"The hours are long and lessons can become repetitive if you don't spice it up yourself" ((in 14 reviews)); "Low pay" ((in 11 reviews)); "Close Up is diseased with a culture of mistreatment and contemptuous management." ((in 10 reviews)); "16 hours a day at some point),very gossipy, senior managment are covering up racism from curriculum management." ((in 3 reviews)); "Absolutely horrible culture." ((in 3 reviews))

Close Up Foundation Reviews

3.0

45% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)

Tim Davis

39% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (54 reviews)

Close Up Foundation has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Close Up Foundation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

54 reviews

2.0

30 July 2014

A good mission is not enough

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Teaching students from around the country, experiencing Washington DC firsthand, spending time with passionate and interesting coworkers

Cons

Full time staff treats program instructors as if they are disposable. Expect brutal hours, low pay, and little respect. Atmosphere is deliberately competitive. You must prove your loyalty and stamina to stay. Staff would rather hire a new batch of graduates desperate for work each year than treat current employees well. There is no work-life balance.

1.0

28 Jan 2016

It doesn't get better after you're promoted from being a PI

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The mission is honorable and many students are impacted in a positive way.

Cons

Words that come to mind when I think of Close Up: shady, petty, and abusive. They will use you up and screw you over to save a penny. It doesn't matter which department you work for. Close Up is diseased with a culture of mistreatment and contemptuous management.

1.0

9 Oct 2015

Retrospectively had some pros, but misery at the time

Program instructor

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CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

There are a few truly wonderful people who work there, and they can vastly improve the work day. The kids can be great, and the Foundation does have a good mission. Even though the entry level job is completely awful, it's not a bad way to get to DC. Some of the programming is interesting, and hey, at least you aren't sitting behind a desk all day.

Cons

They massively exploit their staff members. I was once asked to wake up at 3 am to start a work day that did not end until midnight that night. Much of this was on my feet, and I was supervising kids throughout. I really don't think that can be legal. Even if it is, it speaks volumes of the foundation that this is something they would require. You will be underpaid and treated as disposable, because you truly are. The year I worked there, about half of the staff failed to complete their contracts, and many disappeared shortly before a shift started. This is not an organization that trains, hires, and cultivates professionals. This is an organization that needs bodies and burns through them. There is NO work life balance. You will never see anyone you care about. You will be too tired to do anything but work.

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