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Treehouse (Washington) Reviews

3.3

55% would recommend to a friend

(38 total reviews)

Dawn Rains

41% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

Treehouse (Washington) has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 38 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Treehouse (Washington) employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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38 reviews
2.0
28 Jun 2024

Chaotic mess of an organization with good intentions

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Commitment to serving youth experiencing foster care. Direct service staff and program leaders are passionate about serving youth and doing so with integrity. Fairly flexible work schedule and decent management on the 1:1 level.

Cons

Treehouse is a very messy and disorganized organization. Constant staff turnover, leadership musical chairs and crisis. They can’t manage a budget, which is disgraceful for a 30 million dollar state wide organization. It’s been a constant issue, and contributed to dropping programs, layoffs, a CEO transition and going through 2 Chief Development Officers in 3 years. There is a lack of policies and structure. In my several years at the organization, I never received a performance review. People are promoted and fired at a whim. It’s constant mayhem, all while gaslighting staff to put aside the very real harm the organization does to center the youth.

1.0
12 Mar 2024

Misleading Organization

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Pros

Passion for the work to support Foster Children, opportunity to learn about equity work, good pay.

Cons

1. People get hired for one role and then executives switch the role. Bait and switch happened numerous times while I was there. 2. HR is the scapegoat for everything that goes sideways, yet has no authority to make any changes. 3. Executives like to use cancel culture in lieu of having direct conversations. 4. Executives are erratic and make decisions before thinking things through. 5. Want professional development? HA! Think again. 6. Meetings will be from dawn till dusk. Don't want to work that much? Well, an executive will make a condescending comment about working harder for the youth. 7. Want clarity? This is not the place to work.

2.0
28 Aug 2024

Good for youth, bad for employees

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Strong mission to support youth in foster care that gives the work purpose, some great coworkers

Cons

The executive staff is toxic and hides behind progressive language to dismiss harm and twist the truth in their favor. They laid off staff this summer and when asked why they didn't take pay cuts, they responded that they had to retain talent (meaning they won’t work for less). But while they enjoy great six figure salaries, they underpay the direct service staff that actually support foster youth. On top of that, they have no clear vision and twiddle their thumbs when it comes to making important decisions. Be careful not to get on the bad side of an executive staff member because they will be rude and incredibly passive aggressive toward you. They say they support lived experts from the foster care system but canned a program with lived experts when it didn't go the way they wanted. There is no clear path to promotion and most of it appears to be based on friendships with executive staff. The admin team randomly gets promotions and new job titles. The development team has gone through multiple CDOs in a few short years and contributes to a chaotic culture within that department. Despite being outspoken against white supremacist culture, the executive team finds ways to engage in it daily.

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