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South Bronx Overall Development Reviews

2.8

48% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)

16% positive business outlook

South Bronx Overall Development has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The South Bronx Overall Development employee rating is 25% below average for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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38 reviews
1.0
24 Oct 2019

Hostile Work Environment

Recommend
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Pros

I don't know, steady paycheck?

Cons

Recently I've seen job postings for SoBRO and I want people to know what they're getting into if they work there: I worked there for 3 years and it was never great, but in the last year management had created an entirely hostile work environment. The CEO is straight up insulting and abusive. The organization itself is failing due to poor decisions made by the board and management. Everyone below management works very hard, but receives little more than abuse from the higher ups. It is very sad, there are many great people working here, but the Executives rule by fear to make up for their own mistakes. They have explicitly said there will be no raises or promotions for at least the next three years. They also stopped contributing to the retirement fund. Morale is extremely low. I needed to quit for my own health and sanity. I've never been more depressed in my life working there.

1.0
15 Mar 2018

Dumbest place I've ever worked.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

SoBRO has some very talented personnel with the potential to help a lot of people in the South Bronx community...

Cons

...unfortunately, they let too many things fall through the cracks. If you are employed there, you learn the full extent of their mediocrity. When I say it's the dumbest place I've ever worked, I don't say it lightly. Truly every decision that comes from management is idiotic. It's statistically fascinating how terrible SoBRO's management is. People in important positions with important information get laid off without even a rudimentary contingency plan. As a result, everyone has to start from scratch and scramble in chaos. High-level positions are left vacant for months. No effort is made to maintain the high-level contacts of departed staff. Communication overall is terrible. Getting colleagues to respond to major issues and meet deadlines is a consistent challenge. Often the information provided for high-level projects is false or inaccurate. Board involvement is non-existent. Management rarely communicates with staff - no staff meetings, no morale boosters, no congratulations for successes. All the very simple and inexpensive things an organization can do to positively engage its staff are ignored. Staff morale is the lowest I've ever seen. And, as far as I can tell, anyone who addresses the problems of the organization gets fired. It's not an openly hostile work environment, but if you decide to work here, you'll notice some paranoia among employees. From what I experienced, that paranoia is not unfounded in the least.

2.0
25 July 2016

Group Leader

Anonymous employee
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Pros

i loved the children and the environment and the trips

Cons

Worse company I have ever worked for. The director was very unprofessional. he had favorite co workers And children. Everyone else was left to fend for themselves. All he cared about was getting paid.

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