Chaos in IT - Anonymous employee The Y (YMCA) Employee Review

2.0
May 16, 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

YMCA of the USA has good health benefits and a rare pension plan. People really do care about community and about giving back.

Cons

Last year Y-USA hired a new CIO. Unfortunately, he came from a org with a department of over 500 IT workers and painfully reminded everyone that he previously had 2 assistants. At the time of his hire, the total IT staff was 6 and the rest on furlough. As the pandemic progressed the new leader setup goals that were unobtainable by the small team in place that was already over stressed keeping the core operations and applications in place. This stress finally caused the complete failure of IT leadership where now all existing directors of IT tenured their resignation and more junior staff have started to follow in their wake. This IT department is not one to work for under current leadership. Steer clear unless you like projects given to you at 6pm due the next morning, 80 hour work weeks, a manager that keeps a log of of your faults and replays them at a whim and another wise sad environment where there is zero trust.

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Pros

The team members/ coworkers and administrator (team lead) that you work with on a day-to-day basis are the ones who will make or break the experience. Obviously working with children, one must have patience, be flexible, creative - there are some days that test all of those skills! lol! But when you have a great teaching team to work with, your program can run like a well-oiled machine. I loved the time I had working with this program!

Cons

The pay is very low, I do understand with the YMCA being a non-profit, but at the same time when a position is responsible for young children, the pay should be higher than a fast-food chain, to attract and keep higher caliber staffing. - If you already work at a school, it's not a bad gig to make some extra money for coming in a few hours early or a few late. But if you are driving more than 5min, to work 2-3 hours for a ridiculously low rate I would say pass. I was not doing this for the money - I truly loved my coworkers and the kids that attended my school. Unfortunately, some of the other cons are: poor communication (very poor), lack of SOP's when it comes to how teachers should be handling situations for their own personal safety and unrealistic expectations (of us to do marketing, surveys collecting demographics, and pushing for financial donations). The last few things listed is what ended up driving me to resign.

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