YMCA Employer Reviews

Enjoyed working in the school. The job however was discontinued

Lots of changes, but a decent place to work.
Work one day a week for over 12 years.

The YMCA is a great place to get in shape and be around good people with strong values.

A typical day at the Y was making sure every child was attended to. Each child was different and had different personalities; so you had to find a way to approach the child without being overbearing. I learned how to empathize with children and how to be fun-loving and stern at the same time.

My supervisor never worked. Owner would blame me for issues when I had no clue what was going on. Never got trained on anything. Supervisor had horrible customer service skills

The most enjoyable part of my job while working for the YMCA was acting like a big kid all day long. The children were fun, smart, and respectful. I was very tired EVERYday after work.

fun with all the children, learn everyday new things from them, like new abilities, things that they would be able to mastered and new activities like games.

Constantly helping members with any questions they may have or problems that need to be solved

Assisting co-workers in lifeguard and swim instructor duties

Always a positive atmosphere to work in

The most enjoyable part of this job is getting to know members and assisting them in any way I can

nice fun place to work if you love kids. i learned alot from other adults even from kids . the hardest part was trying to keep little ones in order and quite when needed. the most enjoyable was being around the kids

Enforced the membership rules everyday. The hardest part of my job was turning away guest that weren't members and couldn't afford to pay.

Planning a fun interactive activities that allows youth to develop social skills, great leadership and great goals setting. Youth Development Staff are passionate about their job, giving back to their community and setting great examples for young people is our mission. Support from higher management is given to us when it is needed. The difficult part – more... about the job is engaging youth who are diagnose with ADHD in activities that require them to work as a team. However, what I enjoy doing is being able to make a difference in a child life and being able to give back to my community. – less

I enjoyed teaching the children, working together
with the staff to make sure that every child got what they needed
while they were there at the Program.

Good coworkers and a boss who cares. The YMCA is a great company.

ok if u like to babysit and deal with kides and angry adults. but overall not bad

A typical day at work would be working with grade 2. We will start of by doing homework, then snack time, after snack it would either finish up with homework or work on academy. Academy is when we work on a project for 8-10 weeks. I learned how to interact with kids, how to speak to them, what to say and what not to say. Along with that, how to work – more... in groups with other counselors on site. The hardest part of the job is to make sure the kids are involved and they like what they do even though at times it won't be what they want or is interested in. – less

Management was always looking for opportunites to further my career!

At the YMCA, I supervised the indoor playroom for ages 5-9. On a typical day, I would play games with the children and occasionally read to them or help with homework. I maintained a safe play area and was blessed enough to have sweet children that made my job easy. I learned to speak clearly, openly, and plainly in order to best get along with the – more... many different children and parents. Everyone wants something different for their child and communication is key in making clients comfortable. I enjoyed my coworkers a whole lot, they were very sweet and always helpful. However, my immediate manager was very tough on us all and I found her standards to be inconsistent. The hardest part of the job was adjusting to meet the different expectations of a caregiver for the many different parents. the most enjoyable part of the job was getting to play with happy kids all day. – less

I am a current YMCA employee and I love my job. I work for more than one department. I work with the summer camp and after school kids, work in the sports department and work for the fitness center.
A typical day for me, go in at 2 pm and ride the bus to pick up kids from 3 area schools. Take those 20-25 kids to the Y, and then leave again and pick – more... up 25-30 kids from 3 other schools. Get back to YMCA about 3:30. Sign the kids in and then join the kids for snack. After snack on rainy or really cold days we play group games and have a homework group. On nice days we are outside playing and kids do homework. Am there til 6 most nights.
My boss is a wonderful lady and she puts up with a lot of stuff, kids, parents and our joking head boss. She has been with this YMCA for 3 years since they opened. She deserves a lot of credit for all she does.
My co-workers are great. They have their days where they get in the groups and talk, but they all work hard to support our boss in all she does.
Hardest part of my job would be dealing with some of the kids that never want to listen.
Most enjoyable part..... being able to have an effect on some of these kids that they don't get at home.
When working with the sports department, I help paint fields, set up for soccer, basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball. Umpire baseball and softball when season is in. I love sports and when I was given the chance to be apart of the sports department I took it.
Don't work much in the fitness center anymore, but enjoyed that as well. Meeting new members, giving orientations on equipment. Cleaning machines and fitness center to keep it clean for guests and members.
This is the 3rd YMCA i have worked for. – less

I love working at the YMCA because it's a very fun environment. I always try to make it as fun as possible for the kids so that it's not so much like being in school, since they're there all day long.

I loved this job but it was only part time during college. My favorite thing about this job was the impact I was able to make on the members lives. It was a great experience.