To do or not to do... - Corps Member City Year Employee Review

4.0
14 Feb 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Helping others. Helping youth grow and be better. Making differences within a community. Education Award. Seeing your students improve make everything worthwhile.

Cons

Super long hours for very little money. Everything is a constant change. Lack of communication gets in the way of service. Uniform pants. Inconsistency between different sites, Senior Corps Members, and Program/Project Managers.

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5.0
29 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Community, connection, support, and its a great place for recent graduates to go until they figure the next step.

Cons

You won't make a lot of money.

4.0
22 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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