Exceedingly misguided regional leadership - Site Manager CORE Response Employee Review

4.0
11 Jan 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Fair pay with options for health, dental, and vision benefits. Free life insurance (up to $25,000).

Cons

Toxic work environment. Leadership hired and promoted individuals with little-or-no experience while passing over candidates with 5+ years experience in public health programming and project implementation as well as formal education (specifically a Master of Public Health degree). Management also manipulated COVID emergency funding and policies, specifically having me help develop the framework for a new unit/department while offering to have me lead it, though they then ignored my calls and emails for weeks as they had already filled the manager position for the role rather than keep their word and hire internally. They also strung along bilingual associates/managers with the promises of a raise for over 6 months before claiming "HR is not approving these raises for the foreseeable future." In the time I served as manager, my associates were officially on "full-time, temporary" contracts with the threat of losing their employment at the whim of the organization, emergent public health policy, and the state's right-to-work legislation.

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5.0
10 June 2026
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Pros

Great state program management with room for professional development and upward mobility in the non-profit, public health, and disaster relief fields.

Cons

Contingent on grant or donor funding.

2.0
10 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Mission-Driven Work: The company does incredible things for humanity, making the work deeply meaningful and rewarding. - Remote Work & Flexibility: Offers excellent remote work options and the day-to-day flexibility to complete tasks on your own schedule.

Cons

- Little to no room for growth or career advancement plan. In the entire time I was there, not one person from my department was promoted, on the contrary, the company had 3 layoffs in the few years that I was there. - Voluntold Culture: While attendance at company events is framed as "voluntary," there is strong management pressure to attend. Declining invitations noticeably impacts your day to day worklife. -Expect frequent, sudden shifts in priorities. If an urgent issue pops up, you are required to drop everything instantly and pivot at lightning speed. - Lots of back and forth with editing. Unsure of who trumps who with seniority or accuracy. - Funding is highly unstable and constantly fluctuating, resulting in an extreme lack of resources and budget.

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