Great Representation of the Ugliness of Non-profits - Anonymous employee GLSEN Employee Review

1.0
23 Mar 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The staff used be a a collection of great people, until senior management decided to target anyone who wouldn't be a yes-man

Cons

You either kiss the ring or you get let go. They are too comfortable asking staff to embrace unethical practices in our work, simply to serve their own needs and boost their ego.

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5.0
13 Nov 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Healthy work environment who respects work life balance. Executive team who supports career and personal growth. Team of very smart and talented folx. Inclusive and expanding inclusivity. Equitable and transparent salaries.

Cons

Can work on organization overall as a small growing org.

1.0
2 Feb 2026
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Pros

great work life balance and decent pay

Cons

this job was great until the org needed to navigate a fiscal cliff. a year after those layoffs, I'm still left wondering why the staff was handled the way they were. money issues are real, to be sure, but everything could have been handled far more humanely. the only thing that seems to make sense of the actions that followed was that senior leadership was devoid of any strategy for how to move forward and decided to spend their efforts preserving their own reputations. prior to the layoffs, it was a decent place to work if you could keep your head down and avoid getting caught up in the usually office politics of ego. can't really speak to what it might be like post-layoffs.

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GLSEN Response
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We’re very sorry to hear that your experience working at GLSEN wasn’t reflective of the work environment we strive to achieve. Layoffs due to financial constraints are never easy. As a nonprofit, we are subject to what the donor/funding landscape holds and as you know, we are living in a volatile and unfriendly political landscape that unfortunately created a situation that was untenable.
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