The Salvation Army Reviews

3.3

50% would recommend to a friend

(4,620 total reviews)

General Lyndon Buckingham

89% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

The Salvation Army has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 4,620 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Salvation Army employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Non-profit and NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
14 Jan 2018
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Pros

There are none to mention

Cons

Unaccountable and untrained managers dismissing serious issues brought to their attention. There response, to get rid of the worker making accusations and make it look like its the worker not us! Diabolical - agree with the statement STARVATION ARMY - Much more appropriate title. Very secretive, unaccountable and corrupt from top down.

1.0
17 Feb 2017
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Pros

So laid back on timekeeping, attendance and delivery you can genuinely surf or sleep through your day with no consequences.

Cons

Worst organisation Ive ever worked for in 30 years. Stuffed full of bible bashing pompous idiots. Top dogs more interested in titles and what they can get out of organisation than actually invested in doing good. Its all about their being called Major or General and if they have a nice office. They would rather go to a prayer meeting than sign a cheque run for suppliers.....! There is 1 decent hardworking officer for every 100 poncing twits. Lower down you will be pleased to know your donations go to waste on massive overstaffing and duplication of work or 20 years out of date manual systems. Not to mention the employment of idiots who are useless, sleep at their desks and get paid for this and surf the internet for 70% of their day every day. Attendance and performance management is non existant. Dont join finance its run by people with no operational or people management skills and who play favourites. Most staff and managerx wouldnt last a minute in any corporate organisation. In particular as the butt of the joke of the organisation is someones desk lets just say it looks like a bomb went off and paper landed. They work in one square foot of space and even that is with current paperwork balanced on top of 3cms of old crap. Oh and did I mention they are a manager. Obviously dont adhere to the lead by example or tidy desk is sign of tidy mind quote. Every dept is only interested in looking out for itself and playing the blame game no cohesion in entire organisation, and no desire to change that anytime soon. With automation staff could be halved especially the ones sleeping and surfing their days away.... Im appalled as I joined to do good and help. I left appalled at the waste of donations and legacies that support this terrible organisation. Donations that could if not totally wasted have provided more homeless shelters or detox centres etc etc.

1.0
8 Nov 2021
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Pros

Only giving one star as you can’t give none

Cons

It was like being back in school, with certain members of staff getting special treatment , and when you raised genuine concerns you would just be bullied by management

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