Q&A With The Salvation Army Employees

After a year you start earning your retirement

Health insurance. The greatest benefit is being part of its mission and knowing that whatever you are doing is working together to make a huge difference in families and individuals lives.

If you are full-time they do have good benefits but part-time no and there is no more full-time there except for the workers that's first started there

Yes they do sometimes the hiring process takes sometime

Yes

Yes, for some jobs.

It takes about an hour. Then they decide then if the manger thinks your a good fit she/he will hire you.

I cannot answer that one because that manager that interviewed me is not the same one that is in charge now

It depends on which job you apply for. If it’s an entry level it’s fair simple. Just be yourself. But if it’s a higher leveled position, expect to go through 2-3 interviews in total. Some interviews may require test projects or assignments.

Our CEO is amazing I don't think there's any improves.

The CEO of The Salvation Army is the world-wide general. He is held in high esteem by almost all workers, volunteers, employees, officers, etc. The CEO of The Salvation Army is extremely dedicated and lives a very sacrificial life as General of The Salvation Army. They support the lower level mission of territories, divisions, etc. and are excellent about keeping a big picture view of what the organization needs. I have no suggestions for improvement. It would be presumptuous of me to think I could offer any areas of improvement being so very far removed from that level of responsibility and demands upon them.

In our store the CEO is never mentioned because when you call to the main office in Flint they always give you the run-around so higher up people do not hear what is truly going on

Its wonderful

Work life balance is fair

Everyone is pretty cool

Busy, active, hustle-bustle. Joyful, filled with laughter, prayerful (you will often see people praying with one another or hear people asking for prayer), extremely diverse (you will see people of all backgrounds, ages, and cultures working together: gay, straight, deeply religious, people with no religious beliefs to speak of, black, white, Christian, Jew, Muslim, men and women, old and young, you name it)

Not good at all a person is never called in to be told what a good job they are doing we only hear Bad Things even if we are hard workers everyday we are not told how good we are there was a time caught the middle manager calling us the f word and the b word but as I talk to her one day she did stop doing that the only time we are talk to write is when they know someone's coming in from the main office in Flint

Varies by location and commanding officer.

Very badly when I tried to go to mr. Doug which is the person that goes around checking this all the Salvation Army stores around our area about some very bad issues that we're going on at the store in Saginaw he told me take it up with my manager but instead of him using his mind and saying well if she has to come to me with a problem it must be that she can't get it solved with her manager and I had gone to him numerous of times to get something done he told me he had no time for that

It really depends on the location. They have very strict HR policies that are supposed to protect them and the employee. There are still times where bad HR and managers get away with stuff.

Cannot truly answer that because there is so much dishonesty going on there

as a charity and nothing more

I like the culture the way it is.

Improve the work-life balance. Many officers' health is terrible. Most officer die before they should due to weight and health issues from working themselves into early graves. Many officers have children who have social issues, failed marriages, and other problems from where their parents were expected to bring them along to the workplace and work from home with them for far too many hours. It is not a good work-life balance and needs to be addressed as soon as possible.

They need to reach out to a younger audience more

I get excited because of the life's we change on a daily basis.

I loved all parts of my job at the Salvation Army but the manager I started off with is no longer there and the lady that took his place is very rude and devious and she pretends to be a Christian and if you have seen what I have seen you would know that is only a Rouge I'm the kind of person that loves to meet new people I love helping people and I was raised do your job right the first time take pride in your work and that is how I have worked all my life

Pet insurance

I think they should have benefit is central but that's just me

Institutionalised, soldiers, minorities ( cheap labour )

Why do you want to work for us how did you hear about us. This is a heavy labor job?

Why would you like to do this job?

Very flexible

Incredibly flexible. I make my own schedule; to meet the work requirements there is no other way to get so much done unless they allow us to make our own schedules.

Red shirt black pants and vest black shoes

For employees, it depends on the location, the commander, the job duties; for officers: either classroom uniform, full uniform, or business casual.

They are constantly trying to find people to help.

It varies by location and job level for employees. For officers it is incredible, we go to Men's Camps, Family Camp, Women's Camp, Officer's Councils, etc... and have a ton of fun fellowship and learning.

It has to be a service dog.

It depends on the reason for the pet in the workplace and the job duties.

We help people with addiction we help people with making carpets.

All kinds: outreaches at parks, nursing home visitation, cleaning the parks or roads, helping elderly with household chores and errands, cleaning social service facilities, after school activities for children, setting up and running senior citizens clubs, etc...

The pro depends on where you work. And what department your working at.

It varies by location and job level for employees. For officers: 4 weeks off vacation and all the sick time you need (as long as you are getting your 60 to 70 plus hours a week in on non-vacation weeks).

There are only a limited number of internships available with them at present.

There is not one

Incredibly! You may experience some locations that are struggling with innovation, but as a whole it is mind blowing what all The Salvation Army is up to and how they are doing it.

We are not allowed that neither if we come up with a good idea or something that will make the work faster and easier they will not listen Sylvia is very jealous if someone has better ideas than her she is a very bad head manager and I can't express this enough that someone truly needs to go in there without the head people in Flint and the managers knowing because they cover for each other and if they know someone is coming to check the store over the secretaries at the head office in Flint call the managers at the store in Saginaw Michigan

Willing to help out when needed

Getting a chance to make a positive impact in students/leaders I work with through music.

The people I work with

What meetings?