Habitat For Humanity Employer Reviews

My time with habitat was very chaotic but very rewarding. There are many times when responsabilty is given to an individual which can be very overwhelming to some, especially with a limited staff. Coordinating such tasks and dividing responabilty among team members was a difficult task at first but gradually became easier for me. The sheer amount of – more... service we were able to provide to the community was much greater than anticipated.

Typical work days were from 7:30am to 5:30pm with varying lunch times. Most days were planned during meetings after work hours of the previous night. Some days we would have as few as 10 volunteers and others, typically weekends, could see as many as 200 plus come through the door. Local residents seeking assisstance would come in at their convenience throughout the day, at least 15 new applicants per day and referrals continued on a constant basis.

I learned a lot about managing people during my time with habitat. My second day I was tasked with answering phone calls on the organizations behalf with little guidance as to what to say or what assisstance was available to the caller. Eventually I would act as a liaison between residents and contractors as well as volunteers and coordinators.

The most enjoyable part of the job was sitting down with families and working out the details of reconstructing their homes. Since most people don't know where to start we often were the first organization they contacted for assiatance, other times due to lack of goverment funding and support residents had nowhere alse to turn. It was indeed a disaster zone. The differences we made for the community did not go unnoticed nor unappreciated. – less

A typical day at work would conclude of working on houses, construction work, and just a lot of hands on stuff. I learned a lot about construction work and how to build a house as far as making and putting everything together. There wasn't really a hard part about the job besides the physical aspects of the job. Which I had no problem with, the most – more... enjoyable part of the job was being able to give back to community in a way that I could really work at, i.e. construction working, building houses, and just helping out somebody who needs a place to live. – less

it was an alright job as long as you didnt get on the managers bad side. it was a tedious day at work you did the same thing over and over .

Working as a volunteer for Habitat for Humanity was a good experience to be able to help build homes for needy families and feel good doing it.

I had a couple days of physical work during my volunteer, often involved moving disorganized stockpiles of metal and wood so that they could be transported to another facility. I was directed to the tasks at hand. However, I was allowed to perform my duties in a manner that I saw fit. My co-workers and I would often stay on track in terms of the work – more... that needed to be done, though I questioned the safety issues on how some of the workers performed these duties i.e. disregard for other people's presence. The most difficult part of the job was lifting and moving scaffolding beams for hours on end, leaving the only desirable episode being lunch. – less

I was able to work with a professional grant-writer and the resource development team.
A typical day at work included research for grants, studying the basics of grant writing, making flyers, connecting and collaborating with external companies for marketing, and much work in Microsoft Office.
Leadership in the company was strong, and the work environment – more... they provided was calm and conducive to productivity.
The hardest part of the job included developing a marketing program for a developing resource development program, as well as grant writing. – less

I would come into work and clean the sales floor and the store. I would also unload donations from different community members and help load products bought through the store.

they are so good, fun work place, loved it , i lo\earn how to do everything i didn't no how to

A typical day at Habitat For Humanity consisted of me taking inventory of new items and products for sale. Salvaging components from house hold appliances, assisting customers, and making deliveries from houses in the community,

great environment very friendly people a great sense of helping

receive donated items and clean them up and price them and take them into the store.

Helping people with their needs was very enlightening, knowing that customers are either willing to buy or donate goods for home makeovers was enjoyable

I volunteer on my free time,the most enjoyable part of the job-giving back to the community.

A typical workday is 8-5. Counsel over 50 families per month ranging from Pre-Purchase Counseling, Financial and Budget Counseling, Credit Counseling and Post Purchase counseling including foreclosure counseling.

Working with this company was an opportunity for me to learn some clerical responsibilities.I solely learned some other buttoms and functions of some other word processing commands and editorials.They have good managerial staffs who work proficiently with worker to arrive at the same goals,good co-workers relationships.I think the difficult parts of – more... the work is on the mechinery and carpentery field but not in the office,where i worked. – less

I managed various people from day to day - We would get a lot of volunteers or people serving community service. From assisting with sales, moving furniture, using the forklift, going on a run to do pick-ups of donations, helping out with natural disaster relief when we could, organizing the way we utilized our time, to typical Management decisions, – more... there was never a dull moment with this job.

I learned how to take my management experience with building sales teams to training young to older adults with how to work with each other as one unit.

The hardest part of the job was also the best part of the job, keeping track of everyone and getting them to work together; however, once they started working as a team that's when we would see the real magic happen. The store would get taken care of much faster, customers were a lot more happy, the team developed a sense of pride in what they accomplished etc....

Overall at Habitat I enjoyed everyone I worked with. – less

Its a community service based company that help low income people

On site at 7 am to set up refreshments and water stations for volunteers. Check in volunteers, back to office for data entry, submission to builder of volunteer sign in sheets. Begin finding additional volunteers.
I have learned the is seldom a limit to the needs of a non-profit organization.
Self managed for the most part.
Co workers are busy trying – more... to accomplish their own responsiblities.
The hardest part of this job is to continually refresh the volunteer pool.
The most enjoyable part is when a new home owner gets into their home and lovingly maintains the property. – less

While working at the ReStore I learned many things about retail and the daily jobs of the manager. On a typical day of work, I would meet with my boss and find out our daily duties. I typically worked with costumers at the front desk with questions they might have. I also take phone calls and set up appointments. I have also recently been in charge – more... of some advertising on facebook for our company along with craigslist posting. The most enjoyable part of my job are the individuals that I work with. I work for a Christian organization and we are more like a family but we get the job done. – less

I met alot of nice and interesting people volenteering at Habitat for humanity. It was all for a good cause