Vantaggi
United Way Ottawa really did do a lot of good for people in our community. Staff are given summer hours (every other Friday off) to compensate for all the mandatory overtime during the campaign year. The people working there were usually very friendly and wonderful colleagues.
Svantaggi
Management's treatment of staff was very poorly handled. Staff were paid badly, expected to work long hours and volunteer over and above regular hours. Education and experience were not matched with pay or responsibilities: many jobs that required highly skilled and educated people stated in their descriptions that they required only high school level education (and were paid accordingly). During changes in the workplace, all change was communicated terribly to staff, which resulted in a lot of anxiety and discontent among staff.