Pros
- Good organizational mission, on paper anyway. - Nice coworkers and departmental supervisors.
Cons
- The interview was the most humiliating "professional" experience of my life. The executive director insulted my past work experience as insufficient for the honor of working at her prestigious organization, she questioned my work ethic for not having consistent employment when I was a full-time student, and she continuously interrupted the interview to take phone calls and consult with employees. Yet she hired me on immediately because she was desperate for new labor, given the considerably high turnover rate I would later find out existed. - The work experience here ranged from tedious "busy work" (printing labels, stuffing folders, etc.) to scheduling conference calls with school speakers. She made it clear she was not satisfied with the amount of work I produced, despite not giving me clear instruction whatsoever. Even my departmental supervisors, who were nice people and good workers, didn't have a clue as to what the boss actually wanted. Ironically, she was also a huge micromanager and demanded detailed daily reports from all of the staff and to be CC'd on every single outgoing email, even going as far as to demand one of the coordinators redact an email he sent because it was "unprofessional" (It wasn't). - I'm almost certain the mandated work hours are legally questionable. I was told to come in at 8:30 every morning and I could not leave until at least 6:30 every night. Some nights I was told to work 1-2 hours later and I was also told to expect to be called in on weekends.
