A place that gets it - Anonymous employee SMYAL Employee Review

5.0
Jan 13, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

An Executive Director who speaks what needs to be said. Colleagues who care about what they do outside or the paycheck. (They’re not perfect but who is 😂) I love working with the young people. Work life balance is great. They care about your mental health. I’ve never seen an Executive Director ask how I feel. Except for here! The housing program is amazing. I love the work Jorge, Chyna, and the rest are doing. I know a youth in the program who’s trans and has been abused in other programs.

Cons

Not many. Maybe that people don’t get it and hate black people.

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Cons

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Pros

Good pay and benefits and able to work with lgbtq people. Great coworkers who were passionate about the mission.

Cons

The ED supports directors who do minimal work and point fingers at staff who all work hugely without supervision. Directors blame front line staff, and ED is out of touch with the mission. SMYAL has a terrible work place culture and as queer person who is black I brought issues relating to racism to HR and to ED and eventually left because I felt there was a backlash. My division YDCE was not catered to queer people of color. A lot of the videos and things asked of people are very performative and staff have little feedback. Management operates at a high school level and the org is running into the ground.

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