YEAR UP INC

Over the last 4 years, this organization lacks accountability ethics that they have claim to be one of the major work values they uphold. They enroll young people into the program under false hopes and expectations, create devastatingly negative impacts on young people's lives in the area of finance and do not hold the middle management leadership accountable for their actions where the decisions made has created negative, toxic work environments for their staff and untrustworthy, unauthentic, fake working relationships with the students. I will no longer trust, or refer anyone (friends, donors, volunteers, businesses) to Year Up with all of their false statements for what they represent are not note worthy or life changing as they promote. As an alum of this organization, I am disappointed to hear what my friends have experienced which has been extremely disappointing and no longer an organization I will recommend. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY OR YOUR TIME!!!

Avoid at all costs. An extremely abusive enviorment that exploits vulnerable POC while punishing POC who speak out. A complete sham of an organization, please save yourself before its too late.

Over the last 3 years, this organization lacks accountability ethics that they have claim to be one of the major work values they uphold. They enroll young people into the program under false hopes and expectations, create devastatingly negative impacts on young people's lives in the area of finance and do not hold the middle management leadership accountable for their actions where the decisions made has created negative, toxic work environments for their staff and untrustworthy, unauthentic, fake working relationships with the students. I will no longer trust, or refer anyone (friends, donors, volunteers, businesses) to Year Up with all of their false statements for what they represent are not note worthy or life changing as they promote. As an alum of this organization, I am disappointed to hear what my friends have experienced which has been extremely disappointing and no longer an organization I will recommend. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!

Year Up was a great experience for me. It opened a lot of doors with the education and opportunities it provided. The internship I had allowed move into other jobs a lot easier than if I hadn't had it.
There are some pros and cons, as with anything, but it was a great time nonetheless.

Year Up Providence where do I begin, such a Great organization. The Year UP staff focus so much on what the students goals are focus on what the student would like to achieve and provides amazing support from the begging to end. Year UP Providence thank you for shaping me into the person I am today, I am now employed and taking all of the professional skills that I learned with me into the corporate world. YOU ALL ROCK

Year Up is selling false hopes to urban youth that need the support and structure of an agency that will invest in them, they are supporting partners that are not willing to keep our youth but provide them with experience
if we are not establishing partnerships that are willing to employ our youth and invest in them, we should not partner with them, students are placed in internships that are not being monitored , partners and Year up staff are not being held to a standard of accountability but the students are, give life long experiences to students
not money to a top heavy employer.