Incredibly rewarding work, incredibly long, often stressful hours - Anonymous employee City Year Employee Review

4.0
27 Oct 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Excellent opportunities to learn and grow, if you take advantage of them - Rewarding work with youth and community - Gain experience working with diverse group of co-workers - Almost everyone you work with is committed to creating positive outcomes for youth

Cons

- Communication from management isn't always clear, or consistent - Extremely long hours, difficult to take time off - High staff turnover leads to inefficiencies, some communication breakdowns

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Cons

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4.0
22 June 2026
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Pros

You do very meaningful work and the staff truly care about you and what you are doing.

Cons

School placements can be quite far from where you live, and the days are long (7:30 am - 5 pm). Often is exhausting, but you stay for the kids.

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