Young Life reviews

4.3

80% would recommend to a friend

(513 total reviews)

Denny Rydberg

96% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Young Life has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 513 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Young Life 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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513 reviews
1.0
Sep 19, 2022

Don’t work here

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- You get to work with kids - YL has a weird amount of money so you get to do trips and staff outings that costs $$$$. Eg. I was flown to another country for some bs anniversary

Cons

- Racist, sexist and homophobic. As a bipoc female on staff, my supervisor treated me like a maid. - You tell kids Jesus loves them but your trainer reminds you that it is with conditions - YL is white. Very very white. Their clubs are white, majority of their management, and non white kids get slowly pushed out. - Classist and transactional: if you’re not making relationships that can give you something your supervisor and trainer discourage it - You fundraise half-all of your salary and it ruins your mental health and relationships. Not only that, the optics of YL and how they manage their funds made me seriously uncomfortable. - No work/life balance. My trainer even told us that the hours we weren’t officially working we should be giving to YL voluntarily. - Toxic environment; example: I was 15 minutes late to a meeting and got a call from my trainer during my off hours and got yelled at for an hour

5.0
Oct 28, 2025

Would Recommend

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Incredible people and beautiful location

Cons

It is in a remote location

3.0
Jun 2, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Great community 2. Cool perks and travel 3. Fulfilling work

Cons

1. Hard to maintain work/life balance 2. Fundraising is difficult

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