A sweatshop of an organization with a poor reputation - Logistics Coordinator The HistoryMakers Employee Review

This is the most difficult job I have ever had. The work in itself was not difficult, but the Executive Director is solely responsible for the difficulty. She will insult you and mistreat you simply because it is a part of her personality. I would work lengthy days (as much as 14 hours) and would be reprimanded for taking lunch or requesting a break from the heavy work load. Since moving on, I have been employed at other organizations and facilities within Chicago. I have met people in every single place who knew the Executive Director. She had a terrible reputation within non-profits in Chicago because of how she treats people. Unless you are in a position to directly give her money, she will belittle you and your accomplishments. She has a poor history of fostering and maintaining professional relationship. Here is an example. During 2012 and 2013, half a dozen or so academic fellows from the Institute of Museum and Library Services were hired at the organization. All of them except for a few were to work over the summer and then move on to other institutions in other parts of the country when the summer ended. One fellow would stay a The HistoryMakers as a year long fellow. There were two year long fellows in 2011 and one in 2012. All three of them quit because of how the Executive Director treats her staff. The other fellows competed their year but only because they left to work at other places to compete the fellowship. As a result, the organization did not receive funding from IMLS for 2013 and 2014 because of complaints from the fellows. The Executive Director also was denied a grant renewal from the National Science Foundation for her inability to complete grant requirements of her first NSF grant. She always missed deadlines and loses staff on a frequent basis which was a result of her treatment of others. She must clearly be desperate if she is sending trolls to come and rate the organization all five stars and denounce other reviewers who had negative experiences that have become the norm for the organization's work environment. I would hope readers are smarter than to fall for that.