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      3.6

      56% would recommend to a friend

      (15 total reviews)

      Patrick O’Donnell

      43% approve of CEO

      27% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Culture and values

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      2.7

      Diversity and inclusion

      Making Waves Foundation has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Making Waves Foundation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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      15 reviews
      2.0
      18 June 2018

      Toxic and Power Hungry Leadership- Specifically the College and Alumni Program

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Does important work for students who really need the support and coaches are extremely passionate and good at their jobs.

      Cons

      Melissa Fries believes that she lives in an autocracy, led by herself. Which is crazy considering how smart and talented everyone is around her that does the actual work. She refuses to see how damaging she has been to this organization and therefore to the students that she says she loves. Because of her insecurities, she micromanages, she instills fear of speaking your mind, and she promotes a culture of "follow me or get out of the way." I personally was once told that some people are sheep and some people are wolves. Melissa is a wolf so I need to decide whether I wanted to be a sheep or I wanted to leave. THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BY MANAGEMENT. I don't care how much money gets throw at Making Waves. If they don't handle their management problem, they will continue to see a high turnover rate.

      2.0
      11 June 2008

      Making Waves needs organizational structure change.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Making Waves supports kids in a community who really need help.

      Cons

      AWFUL management. The folks in charge are passionate about what they do, but the intense micro-management does a disservice to the organization. Furthermore, the main person in charge is not an educator and makes unilateral decisions based on her intuition. Unfortunately, her intuition is not sufficient.

      2.0
      7 Nov 2021

      Intense Power Dynamics and Leadership Disconnect

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Benefits, such as time off and employer covered healthcare are great. Everyone on the CAP side of the office below the director level is very qualified, very kind, and very passionate about the work, some of the best people I've worked with.

      Cons

      There are major leadership issues at Making Waves Foundation. I witnessed racial micro and macro aggressions with no accountability. Leadership is heavy on white folks, many of whom think they are committed to DEI but not working meaningfully toward it. There are many initiatives leadership is attempting to push out, and a large emphasis on the strategic plan, but no concern for how not rehiring coaching staff when they leave is already impacting a massively burnt out programs level team. Roughly 10% of the organization has quit within the last month for reasons such as lack of promotion opportunities, inadequate pay for the level of work being done,

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