Does FareStart pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, FareStart employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at FareStart. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at FareStart?

33% of FareStart employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated FareStart 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 2.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at FareStart?

Anonymous (3) , Chef Instructor (2) , Driver (2) , Manager (2) , Operations (2) , Program Manager (2)

What are the pros of working at FareStart according to real employee reviews?

"Staff is friendly but not inclusive." ((in 6 reviews)); "Most of the staff are good people doing good work." ((in 6 reviews)); "Excellent benefits: 401K match, Bus Pass, Lunch, Health & Dental, Can bring dog to work :" ((in 5 reviews)); "Great people and team that I was apart of" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the cons of working at FareStart according to real employee reviews?

"Destroyed by current leadership." ((in 12 reviews)); "low pay and high turnover" ((in 5 reviews)); "Upper management is disconnected from the clients and the staff who is working directly with the clients." ((in 5 reviews)); "Management has no interest in the longterm well being of the individual, but how much they're able to extract from that person until they are then discarded." ((in 5 reviews)); "Low salaries, low salary transparency." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about FareStart redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about FareStart redundancy and their outlook for job security at FareStart in 2026.

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2.9

33% would recommend to a friend

(82 total reviews)

Angela Stowell

37% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.2

Work/Life balance

3.0

Diversity and inclusion

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Culture and values

2.5

Career opportunities

2.4

Senior management

FareStart has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 82 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The FareStart employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

82 reviews

3.0

14 Oct 2021

Keeping it Real

Social service specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

FareStart generally hires good staff who are there to support the mission.

Cons

The unrelenting innovation and never-ending changes, are unsustainable and push those same awesome staff to burnout before quitting. There is a lot of talk from the org about the importance of Diversity Equity and Inclusion. Yet, you only need to talk to the Black and Brown current and former employees to know that the org does not value them, only their labor. Low salaries, low salary transparency. Not clear opportunity for advancement in any department. Top down organization. SLT does not like hearing negative feedback from staff even if it could help. They would rather fumble first then take staff feedback.

1.0

30 Aug 2023

Horrible Leadership. Every. Single. Time.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Those who *actually* do the work are so nice, gracious, community-change minded people.

Cons

Senior Leadership is predatory towards minority communities. They hire folks, specifically BIPOC folks, and then preach DEI but only support themselves and leave anyone working outside of a leadership role in low-paying, poorly supported positions. Stop asking your employees to do the DEI work and do it yourselves. Funny how, through all of the job cuts, SLT is making a ton of money (even some with raises) while those who are doing the actual work got laid-off. Stop giving yourself raises and start taking care of your minority workers.

1.0

24 June 2016

Good mission, not so good employer

Chef instructor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Good mission that gives students plenty of resources for life / situation improvement

Cons

High turnover, inconsistent kitchen leadership, and advancement is not encouraged. Pacific Tower venue is a nightmare for catered events. The kitchen and event space are on 2 separate floors and food is often prepared offsite despite having a fully functional kitchen.

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