Pencil Reviews

3.0

53% would recommend to a friend

(19 total reviews)

David Weiner

10% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Pencil has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 19 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Pencil employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

19 reviews
1.0
5 Oct 2023

Dysfunction & Drama

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Flexible work schedule - Primarily remote - Lots of time off and holidays - Some great colleagues

Cons

- Significant organizational dysfunction and disorganization - Poor leadership/management - Unclear, lacking, and inconsistently applied organizational policies - Double standards for leadership and certain members of staff - No culture or staff synergy - toxic - Lack of buy-in and engagement from staff and volunteer leaders - Significant staff turnover - Top-down leadership structure that feels condescending, demeaning, and disconnected from staff/staff input - Top-heavy organizational structure with significant pay disparity between leadership level and regular staff - Ineffective onboarding and knowledge transfer - Overall addiction to job descriptions leaves certain staff to do work outside of their roles to make up for other staff's unwillingness to take on work - Culture of inequity, despite "commitments" to DEIB - Overall business outlook is unsure and lack of coherent mission/vision is problematic for the organization's future

2.0
4 Mar 2019

Pencil

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity to work on varied projects; Friendly junior staff

Cons

Poor leadership leading to lack of vision and high turnover; Unhealthy work environment

5.0
21 Nov 2018

Amazing & Inspiring Organization

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Important mission and ability to impact many students. Dedicated and inspiring staff. Clarity on direction and goals. Fast paced and entrepreneurial environment. Great snacks!

Cons

At times there can be a lot of internal meetings.

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