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Cross-Cultural Solutions

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Used to be a great organization but went fell apart miserably in 2016. - Country Director Cross-Cultural Solutions Employee Review

1.0
30 Aug 2022
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Pros

It used to be a leading organization in the field of international volunteering, with 12 programs in four continents.

Cons

CCS was bought in 2016 by a guy who used to run a similar operation but faced huge backlash when two US volunteers and one local employee died in a car accident in Central America. Within one year operations changed to a cheaper model: no more permanent home base or local staff but rather US interns in charge of operations in-country -- so the whole structure of legal support for international volunteers and connections with local organizations was weakened. In the end, that fly-by-night model did not survive.

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5.0
27 Feb 2021
Recommend
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Pros

I met great people and saw how my work made an impact.

Cons

Involved for a limited time each day

2.0
27 Aug 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Able to volunteer at their various home bases for free, the only fees are airfare, visa and any medical medication require to take be traveling. Company pays for single major medical, pay a small fee for dental and vision. The majority of the staff are friendly and caring. Work environment is casual.

Cons

Founder is easily persuaded by outsiders on how to increase volunteers, who pay a fee to volunteer in the countries the company has a home base, and then hiring that person at an outrageous compensation (this is suppose to be a Not For Profit Organization), even though the advise is not producing. This leads to every 2 years of the organization laying off staff and closing home bases, which the Founder acclaims to care about but sounds hallow since he is aware that he does not see the staff in the foreign country and the New York staff are mostly college grads, which is their first job.

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