Access Alliance Multicultural Health Reviews

The management is terrible. Upper management, meaning the directors don't know how to treat anyone with equality and inclusion. If you speak to them about your personal mental health issues, they will degrade you rather than supporting you through. The directors put pressure on the managers, who then put pressure on the working staff and at the end the credit is given only to the managers and directors and not the staff who actually worked hard to make programs or events a success. They seem to love to micromanage and also love to question why you called in sick even though it's illegal for them to do so. They promote their agency as following an anti-oppression frame work, treat people equally and as being inclusive but they have a hard time practicing these values on their staff. The managers also have trust issues with the way the staff completes their work even if it is done properly, again a reason why they micromanage their staff. It is better to find employment elsewhere than working with Access Alliance MCHS

I can't speak to the front-line health services so my review is based on the research department. AAMH is disappointing as it pretends to be social-justice-based organization but it harms BIPOC folks. Management recreates systemic barriers for young racialized staff who are predominately women teams as they do not address inequities in employment structures. Workload outweighs allotted time in contracts, there is an expectation/pressure to complete grantee projects despite being on part-time contracts, staff often work unpaid full-time hours while being on part-time contracts. Senior management supports management that works together to create an unsupportive leadership style which creates confusion of communication, a lack of accountability and mentorship, and ultimately high attrition of staff being let go or leaving.