Does Toolworks pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Toolworks employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Toolworks. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Toolworks?

62% of Toolworks employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Toolworks 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Toolworks?

Community Integration Instructor (4) , Case Lead (2) , Community Integration Specialist (2) , Community Living Instructor (2) , Job Coach (2)

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

"Good benefits" ((in 6 reviews))

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

"You can move to other positions easily but they may be harder in not preferable ways with still low pay." ((in 4 reviews)); "No training or support from supervisor, who wasn't familiar with the ADRC role, instead I was just thrown into deep end with clients." ((in 3 reviews))

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Toolworks Reviews

3.8

62% would recommend to a friend

(47 total reviews)

Kristy Feck

53% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity and inclusion

4.1

Culture and values

3.4

Senior management

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.1

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Career opportunities

Toolworks has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 47 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Toolworks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

47 reviews

2.0

23 May 2016

Pretty good for clients, really bad for employees

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

-diverse workforce (LGBT, gender, race, disability, just plain weird tattoos, piercings, etc.) -interesting, fun, and caring people -pretty good for clients -high inclusion of people with disability in many roles in the company

Cons

-no development of existing employees, no trainings, no education opportunities, no performance review or oversight -no recognition of good work -high turnover -chronic understaffing -low pay, not a living wage for SF (not even cost of living increase, many positions are FT but less than 40 hours) -low accountability when these concerns are voiced

3.0

7 Oct 2015

Promoting Unqualified Staff

Community integration instructor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

On one hand it is potentially great to promote from within. Attempt to provide some career path or at least lateral movement within the agency. Staff is diverse and energy is positive if not a bit hipster. They serve many communities some of which are better funded than others. Such as parole re-entry vs. disabled workforce programs. So they have money and spread it around. Pretty smart. Very nice offices both SF and Oakland. Pretty rare for a non profit service agency. Also, great clients and progressive respectful programs that work. I felt we provided a high value services.

Cons

On the other hand, hiring all manner of fringe folks with counter culture politics and attitudes is one thing but promoting them to manage staff without regard for past experience (lack) or providing proper managerial training is not smart. Lots of odd or inconsistent messages occur. The structure was highly organized but the internal cliques and posturing felt absurd at times. Everyone seemed to be new at their new positions all the time. No one wanted to admit they need help. And the elephant in the room was a lack of qualifications in many cases.

5.0

15 Mar 2017

Great Mission

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Caring and fun environment with great benefits!

Cons

The pay isn't the best for the amount of energy give but the benefits and flexible schedule mostly make up for it

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Jobs at Toolworks

Case Manager (Supported Living Disability Services)

San Francisco, CA

USD 70K - USD 72K /yr