Connected Camps Reviews

-Not a whole lot of job security (coworkers disappear without a trace, you might too). -Company values are a complete joke, and will only ever be used against you. -Toxic positivity prevents any real progress from being made. -Administration seemingly has no idea what goes into their own product, and does not appreciate the people that allow the company to continue to operate. -Management killed one of the coolest things this NOT-FOR-PROFIT organization had because it did not make money. The job was incredibly fun and it meant a lot to me, which is why it hurts to see how much it changed. When I first started, I was amazed by the work being done and the potential that this company had. Since then, nearly everything I loved about working for connected camps is gone. There is no longer any charitable mission despite what admin may say. There is no more growth and new ideas. The only thing left is a bunch of underpaid counselors fighting over a laughably small amount of shifts each week, and management pretending everything is okay. The "values" ceremonies where everyone cheers for themselves as the company continues to drown are borderline insulting to those that believed in the values of this company. This was once the best job I ever had, and it makes me sad to see what it has become.

- Culture slowly starts shifting to feel less connected with one another from amongst counselors, and with admin members. Our entire HR team got fired, all reports just go to the counselor manager who only responds half of the time. - Morale is at an all time low within the counselors due to the constant changes within the company overall in how things have been changed in terms of addressing our asks and not feeling heard from the admin/CEOs of the company. Any sort of change in the company feels less personable, and like it was just being told to us without being offered an ear to listen. We've had a few months in a row of exhausting meetings where the CEOs refused to meet with us for even halfway or fully explain the reasonsings behind why we are getting cut after 3 years, as well as on transparency on any of their changes. - A project that encompasses all of the company's values called Kids Club was funded by a Grant that was no longer going to support it, and the admin team did not listen to our suggestions for how to go about raising enough money to keep it going in the same capacity that it did originally. - All of the programs under this company are not being properly or well marketted in order to let it continue to grow in its numbers, and they are frantically trying to see ways to keep the current numbers. But sign ups are dwindling down so there are less shifts for counselors to teach. - Announcement after announcement got made that we are experiencing less classes getting enough enrollment for shifts. And that we're getting capped at 3 years of time at the company. All of the older counselors who were already at three years or have been there longer, have just been suddenly told at the same time as everyone else who was under the 3 year mark that they are going to be let go of soon. - 3 years is also a super awkward time frame, because people who went from being volunteers to becoming counselors only have 2 years to stay with the company. Some people also come in as freshmen, and would need to find other jobs during their senior year of college, which is an extremely busy & stressful time to find other internships let alone jobs as college students. - Developing new courses is extremely inconsistent in quality due to the difference in skill level or commitment amongst counselors. There are courses with serious issues that are not address prior to publishing. There are unfinished courses going out and being pushed live, making a poor experience for the kids & counselors teaching them. - Many scheduling issues have been occuring recently because the person making the schedules is moving over shifts late onto newly agreed subs. The scheduler is not moving shifts from either one or both of the two platforms which counselors can use to check for their shifts, causing for certain counselors to be double booked, leading to more issues.