YMCA Reviews

Current Employee – been working at YMCA part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Very family friendly, no cliques within staff. Many family nights and lots of free t shirts! Salary for instructor isn't bad. Membership is free and so is child care.

Cons – Management at the fitness level is either incompetent and needs to retire, or else so knowledgeable that unless you have a specific masters degree, you aren't respected. Classes are hard to secure and budget is extremely tight. Good ideas by staff are often dismissed due to "budget".

Advice to Senior Management – Employees have so many good ideas! Ask us how to advance programs or make them better.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at YMCA part-time for less than a year

Pros – Working with children
Company values
Nice coworkers

Cons – Not enough pay. Supervisors try to limit your hours to save the company money. No opportunity for advancement. Good for high school/college students but nit anyone with a degree unless you want to work with children or are desperate or a job

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at YMCA part-time for less than a year

Pros – Great mission, friendly staff, you get to work with kids.

Cons – Unorganized at times, long hours. Work on Weekends, hard to move up unless you are willing to move to different locations. Low pay.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at YMCA part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – I love working with the children. The job itself is incredibly rewarding. The YMCA does do an excellent job of instilling positive social values in the children that participate in the programs offered. It is a good place to work if you need a stable job with consistent hours. It is also a good place for college students to work.

Cons – There is an incredible lack of communication between the top managers themselves and the lower level employees. Many managers, that I have encountered were promoted because they were friends with other managers. Therefore, they had no experience and struggled to do their jobs properly.

Advice to Senior Management – Consistent meetings with employees would greatly benefit everyone. There needs to be more communication. A way to get feedback and to be able to provide it ourselves is an important factor that is missing at the YMCA.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at YMCA part-time for less than a year

Pros – Rewarding job working before and after school with the local school systems. Hands on work that did not get boring.

Cons – Communication with the organization was poor and became very frustrating when trying to get information. Response time slow for questioning.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at YMCA part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great way to give back to the community, members and coworkers are awesome!

Cons – Very few opportunities, unless you want to be PT

Advice to Senior Management – create innovative roles to facilitate growth, be more involved with employees

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at YMCA full-time for more than a year

Pros – YMCA Sudbury lives and breathes it's core values: caring, excellence, honesty, respect, and responsibility. The organization has an excellent reputation in the community and so it's easy to take pride in working for this company.

YMCA, in this era of contractual employees, does its best to hire people full-time, especially if they have successfully completed their contract.

YMCA strongly believes in professional development and many opportunities are available throughout the year.

There are occasions to interact with many executives, whether it's the local CEO or General Manager or the President and CEO at the National Level which helps with feeling connected to the organization and provides a better understanding of the corporate agenda.

Cons – As with any non-profit/charitable organization, employees are often expected to do more with less.

Advice to Senior Management – When there is feedback to provide, management's doors are always open so no need to express anything here.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at YMCA part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great place for stay at home mom or dad to work as well as students in High School or College

Cons – I have no cons to report

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at YMCA part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good training, good management, flexible hours

Cons – Boring work, management is very old school

Advice to Senior Management – Be more innovative

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at YMCA part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – free membership
time off when kids were at school to do college work or take classes
easy at times- get paid to play kick ball

Cons – limited hours in childcare
working with kids dealing with crying pushing and fighting at times

Advice to Senior Management – none

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company