Clueless CEO Crippling an Amazing Mission and Talented Staff - Anonymous employee buildOn Employee Review

2.0
8 July 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Hardworking and fun coworkers. Great group of people to work and commiserate with! Incredible mission and students are amazing!

Cons

CEO has no idea what he is doing and is running the organization into the ground. High staff turnover with average staff only staying for one school year. A handful of staff members holding the organization together in an awful and unorganized and non-accountable environment. Zero growth opportunities and professional development. Staff are seen as disposable. Zero leadership and it's every person for themselves while bonuses of tens of thousands of dollars are handed out yearly to senior leaders while we can't pay for food and water at service events and part-time staff aren't paid for their full hours of work (until the board was emailed and we almost filed with the Department of Labor). Don't work here unless there is a new CEO.

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5.0
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Amazing place to learn, grow, and make an impact.

Cons

Culture isn't for everyone, and can be hard for poor fits to figure out ways to succeed.

2.0
19 Oct 2025
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Pros

The organization’s mission is truly inspiring built by its founder who’s passionate about education. He’s continuously working on breaking the cycle of poverty and illiteracy around the world. His stories of travel pushing on this movement is something that should be shared.

Cons

However great and noble the reasons were of building this organization, it’s the people who currently manages it, making the decisions, the kind of leadership that create the work culture. Sadly, these people have been corrupted with their own personal agendas neglecting what they’re supposed to do. Employees and staff were constantly overworked without being compensated fairly. Their promises remained promises and the things that used to be true have become lies! This corrupt leadership have turned the work environment toxic. Overworking and abusing employees, absorbing their stressful rants, unreasonable demands, and even their horrible mood changes. It has affected us terribly, the way we work, the fear of getting berated or worse fired! It used to be a great place to work, being able to help the youth, but now it’s become a place I’d want to avoid!

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