Service Employees International Union Employer Reviews

Employees are very dedicated to the organization and its values. They emphasize a doing a job well and set people up for success. My manager was particularly great.

I travelled around the country meeting new people and conducting NLRB campaigns at hospitals and nursing homes.

Those senior organizers who make upwards of 85-100k seem less concerned with getting real organizing info from those organizers who are still in the field on the front lines doing the contact work.
Whatever information about the difficulties we face seems to go unheard or just plain ignored. Results could be better if they actually cared about the workers – more... they organize or equally as important their own "team" of organizers. Clearly an organizer making 100grand a year cares less about you than they do their salary and at the end of the day that becomes painfully clear. I guess once you reach that level of salary nothing really matters anyway.
They may be more experienced but they clearly lack interpersonal or any sort of skill in how to deal with organizers who they feel may pose a threat or rock the boat. I was targeted by one of their senior organizers for disagreeing with him and leaving work after a more than 12 hour day before a pointless debrief with another organizer who was late for said debrief and who had full knowledge that I was leaving. I was lied to and on by the same organizer (K.F.) who told someone that we debrief every hour on the hour when in fact he didnt even know who I was. (I still have the texts to prove it too) Fat greasy lying p.o.s!!!!
Don't ask too many questions or have a mind of your own,keep your head down and tow the company line EVEN IF they (SEIU) isn't the company you ACTUALLY WORK FOR...(hello NYCC) they can still cut you off at the knees and take away your only source of income...which is odd when you consider they are supposed to be pro worker. Unless you work as an organizer I guess. – less

The hardest part of this job is balance between your work and personal life. Travel is extensive, and often it is demanded of you with little notice. A typical day at work finds one trying to figure out which fire to put out first in assignments that can encompass 2,000 to 3,000 members scattered over wide geographic locations at work sites from only – more... 5-6 employees, to several hundred. The best planned calendars are often wiped clean at the demand of management to drop everything and move focus to organizing or political action work. It is not uncommon to work 60-80 hours/week for 40 hours of pay on status as a salaried employee. Phone calls and emails never stop as workers call to request/demand your attention to some burning issue that has developed at the work site. What I learned is that while I believe in the labor movement's philosophy of workers having a voice at the table this voice is very often overlooked in today's era of budget cuts, and doing more with less should often now be interpreted to be doing it all with nothing. This makes bargaining good contracts extremely difficult. However, the most enjoyable part of the job is when you help someone to get their voice heard and make a difference in an outcome that might not have occurred without it. Management for SEIU is driven by politics at both the federal and state levels. The ability to generate new PAC funds from the membership is a priority on performance evaluations. Also, administrative duties are often down-played in importance second to political action work. This enrages many members who pay dues as a part of their job requirements and organizers regularly face obstacles in meeting their PAC requirements due to this resistance on the part of the membership. – less

It was a good place to work for, very very demanding job, long irregular days. learned how to optimize my time management skills, and how to speak with anyone know matter their demeanor/personalty.

A typical day of work for me would be get my patient ready by bathing,colthing and house work, washing dishes, vaccum floors mopping kitchen floor. What I learn threw out the day of work is that taking care of someone can be hard sometime, but I make the best of it and get threw it cause I love helping others. The hardest part of my job is to see my – more... patient not feeling sick , but the most enjoyable part of the job is when my patient is happy and having a good day. – less

Well run organization. See the value in investing in their employees/members.

I worked for this exact company, the work itself is a beautiful experience, the culture is horrible. No one cares about the workers except the field staff. Upper management does not care about their employees and the staff union is useless. An ultra political culture where everyone is looking out for number one and no one wants to work. I say get in, – more... get experience, save your money and get out before your number is up. I cannot be more serious. – less

Lack of management, Not professional enviroment, Not secure

be prepared to sacrifice but organizing workers is rewarding. you can learn tons about team work and community issues with the diversity of campaigns.

As a employer I work with 1199 SEIU League Job Security and the Coordinators with putting in data entry on workers that was laid off and set up date for interviews and Health benefit up dates and answer phone calls, and take messages for Coordinators and any assignment that need to be done I use Microsoft word, Excel Outlook to do many assignments being – more... employer there. Working there was very good and productive in help the workers , – less