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Work for Progress Reviews

3.0

46% would recommend to a friend

(35 total reviews)

Crystal Bergeman

37% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Work for Progress has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 35 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Work for Progress employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management and consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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35 reviews
1.0
24 Mar 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The people you work with are usually nice, hardworking, and smart.

Cons

If you know what's good for you stay away. Employees are overlooked and overworked. Most of the time it feels like management only sees you as a number and not as a human being with feelings. The same people that will have you going door to door are the same people who would never consider doing it themselves. The organization is unorganized and just not worth the time.

2.0
5 Oct 2020
Recommend
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Pros

The people working the campaigns (ie. entry-level, interns, canvassers, etc.) are genuinely good people with good intentions. The campaigns help raise awareness and money for important issues – although the network often falls into the trap of performative politics rather than focusing on fundamental issues.

Cons

Upper management operates on a model of abuse where lower-level employees are overworked at poverty wages. They justify this by saying they "pay little to make donations go as far as possible" but it's very clear that higher-level employees are doing just fine while entry-level employees are struggling to get by. The whole culture is weirdly trying to act like a socialist nonprofit (ie. making employees staying at each others' houses rather than booking hotels, saying the benefits are spread to increase their value, social justice messaging, etc.) while truly operating as a top-down capitalist corporation. It's also pretty clear that Doug Phelps is using Fund for the Public Interest as part-pocketfund, part financial catalyst for his aspirations to run for office.

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Glassdoor has 37 Work for Progress reviews submitted anonymously by Work for Progress employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Work for Progress is right for you.