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private:1degree
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1404629
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Mar 19th, 2024 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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One Degree
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Software Engineer
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Leadership pointing fingers and not taking accountability for another round of layoffs
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Still some great people, not current leadership
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This organization went through a change in leadership a couple of years ago, when the former CEO left - along with much of his executive team. It has also just gone through a merger with a much smaller organization. The board appointed the founder of that org (then our strategy person) as Interim CEO, but never did any other type of recruitment before making him permanent (I guess that’s what happens when one of your BFFs is on the board). This current CEO immediately laid off two-thirds of the staff citing financial woes and shut down a major product (one that generated a reserve that we’ve been surviving on), invested entirely in a smaller product that generated mostly foundation funding (which no surprise he founded), and then renamed the entire company to his organization’s name. Even though it took a major lift from our IT team, etc. he said it was necessary for funding. Fast forward to today, we are now hearing that no major funders have come in, we will run out of money (our reserves from the 1st product), and more lay offs are coming. Ironically, HR did a whole salary compensation ‘study’ last year - where it was revealed most of the exec team made over 200K and the CEO more than double that. Yes, we are a nonprofit. He continues to blame the former leadership for the fundraising woes but doesn’t take responsibility for not being a good fundraiser (see earlier review). Also - he was on the same exec team people keep blaming but never took blame for anything that happened. Just continued to point fingers and lead us to this point. So disappointing.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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1.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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1404629
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Open
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Start taking accountability, stop being selfish
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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6.0
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Open
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Mar 21st, 2024 04:49AM
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Mar 21st, 2024 04:49AM
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One Degree
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private:1degree
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1404629
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Nov 6th, 2023 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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One Degree
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Resource Specialist
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Boston, MA
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Great Place To Work
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Diverse community of passionate employees and volunteers trying to ensure quality services for disadvantaged communities
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Work can be monotonous but is meaningful.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.0
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4.0
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5.0
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5.0
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1404629
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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PART_TIME
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No
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No
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2.0
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Open
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Nov 10th, 2023 08:52AM
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Nov 10th, 2023 08:52AM
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One Degree
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private:1degree
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1404629
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Oct 15th, 2023 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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One Degree
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Resource Specialist
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Oakland, CA
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Impactful work
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Friendly people and positive environment.
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Lack of resources and C-level changes.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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4.0
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4.0
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
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5.0
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1404629
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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CONTRACT
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No
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No
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2.0
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Open
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Oct 16th, 2023 09:39AM
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Oct 16th, 2023 09:39AM
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One Degree
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private:1degree
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1404629
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Aug 30th, 2023 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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One Degree
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Software Engineer
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San Francisco, CA
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Avoid At All Cost
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They provide a decent benefit package
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The CEO just looks for his own personal benefit and personal success in a non-profit company. He'll make promises to you and say that you're valued, but will let go of you as it's a "hard decision". The jobs start okay, but eventually the demands get heavier and the berating starts. I wish I never worked here. It feels like a precious year of my life wasted. Even my final paycheck has been missing and the "HR team" has ignored me. Maybe it's because they have a huge amount of costs and barely any savings that they're disregarding the team. My recommendation is to go an actual company that cares about your financial security and you as a person.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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2.0
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1.0
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3.0
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1404629
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Open
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Replace the CEO. Outwardly appears nice, but makes decisions that forgets the employees and clients served
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Open
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Sep 1st, 2023 10:24AM
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Sep 1st, 2023 10:24AM
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One Degree
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private:1degree
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1404629
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Jul 19th, 2023 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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One Degree
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Be Small, Think Less, Just Smile
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Some people are able to hang onto their humanity.
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One Degree’s primary metric for community impact remains page views, which are conveniently misrepresented as people served. Impact is not the point. Rather, this insular, turbulent nonprofit is little more than an ego vehicle for the CEO. The incompetence I witnessed was breathtaking. Work that would easily be completed in a few weeks at a functioning organization meandered for months. After major funders and clients walked away, a merger was entered into with minimal due diligence and resulted in spectacular failure and multiple rounds of layoffs. I can’t count how many haphazard business model pivots were announced, only to silently fizzle within weeks. The sole operating principal I could discern was that the CEO thinks he invented this field and is deeply deserving of more attention and money. Ignore the job description. The assignment at One Degree is to be small, think less, just smile. If you can deliver consistent flattery and dull compliance to the CEO, you’ll do well.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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1.0
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3.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1404629
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Open
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The management is foul. To the staff I say, you deserve better. There are wonderful places you can do good work and be treated with respect. Believe in yourself and go find them!
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Open
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Jul 21st, 2023 07:54AM
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Jul 21st, 2023 07:54AM
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One Degree
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private:1degree
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1404629
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Jun 8th, 2023 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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One Degree
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Software Developer
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Oakland, CA
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Less than meets the eye
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It's mission-driven, and some of the folks are good to work with
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I worked here for three years and was very disappointed with my experience. The organization is disorganized and chaotic. The CEO is also very incompetent and makes many decisions driven by his ego, which makes the place really toxic. All decisions are driven by personal nonsense rather than the best interests of the organization, the staff, and the community it says it is about. For example, the organization recently returned to its inferior resource platform. It's poorly designed and much more challenging to use than the competition without even a 1/10 of the functionality.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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2.0
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3.0
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3.0
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2.0
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3.0
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1.0
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3.0
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1404629
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Open
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Close and sell the technology to an organization that will be able to use it to help people rather than continuing to take up space to make the CEO and his board cronies feel good about themselves
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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4.0
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Open
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Jun 10th, 2023 07:53AM
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Jun 10th, 2023 07:53AM
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One Degree
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private:1degree
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1404629
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Oct 21st, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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One Degree
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Volunteer
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Great place
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Friendly employees, positive environment and meaningful work
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None that I can think of
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0.0
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5.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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1404629
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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PART_TIME
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No
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Yes
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0.0
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Oct 23rd, 2020 12:08PM
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Jun 29th, 2021 06:34PM
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One Degree
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private:1degree
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1404629
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Aug 24th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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One Degree
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Administrative Assistant
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Hong Kong
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Warm and Lovely Company
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Flexible working hours
Nice working environment
Good communication between employees and employer
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For the time being, no comments yet.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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4.0
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5.0
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0.0
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1404629
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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PART_TIME
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No
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Yes
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0.0
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Aug 26th, 2020 05:15AM
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Jun 29th, 2021 06:34PM
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One Degree
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private:1degree
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1404629
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Jul 30th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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One Degree
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Resource Specialist
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Nice people
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Nice team members and making a difference
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None at all. The work is fun!
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0.0
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5.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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1404629
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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PART_TIME
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No
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Yes
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0.0
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Jul 31st, 2020 02:06PM
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Jun 29th, 2021 06:34PM
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One Degree
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private:1degree
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=1404629
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Oct 21st, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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One Degree
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UI/User Experience Designer
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I worked at Onedegree full-time
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If you want to learn, this is the place.
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There is no work flow in team.
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0.0
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3.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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0.0
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1404629
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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0.0
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Oct 22nd, 2019 07:55AM
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Jun 29th, 2021 06:34PM
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One Degree
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