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Disorganization and Poor Pay - Anonymous employee Chicago Red Stars Employee Review

1.0
12 Mar 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great, hard-working people that are truly trying to make the club better.

Cons

The pay is far below industry standards, especially when taking into account you're required to work every game for 8+ hours on top of your normal work week without compensation. They refuse to hire the needed people for the club to be a success and instead force unpaid interns to do work that should be delegated to full-time experienced employees. You will not be provided with the basic tools necessary to do your job. For example, you will be required to use your own computer and they would never consider the necessary office equipment/technology to be successful. Also, the office is absolutely disgusting with mold, mildew, and no proper kitchen or place to conference. Management is completely out of touch with how to run an organization. They are stuck in the 90s and will not take advice or criticism on what needs to improve. I have seen the CBO be out right rude and disrespectful to employees which has created an environment of fear and an inability to voice opinions. She expects to be involved in every little decision which makes it impossible to get things done. The benefits are horrible including medical. It's incredibly sad that a female organization only provides 4 weeks of maternity leave to employees. They just partnered with a fertility clinic but can't provide appropriate time off to recover from giving birth.

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5.0
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Cons

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2.0
13 July 2021
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Pros

If you enjoy sports, this could be a good way to launch your career and get good exposer to the sports world.

Cons

The organization relies too heavily on unpaid interns every summer to accomplish tasks that should be completed by full-time staff. They work as many hours as the full-time staff and some have an equal amount of responsibility but do not receive compensation of any kind. In addition, the employees are extremely underpaid and overworked. The starting salary of some full-time employees was so extremely low, you could make more working at a part-time job. Bonuses are added into contracts to make the low salaries more appealing but during employment, I did not receive those bonuses. Furthermore, there is no overtime pay or compensation of any kind for working more than 40 hours a week and during the season employees work way over 40 hours. On top of little pay, the employees are expected to pay and or proved their own equipment. Laptops, computers, softwares, were not covered until recently and not everyone is supplied with said equipment. Even though some equipment is now provided, it is the lowest grade and cheapest quality on the market. Most upper management is difficult to work with. Taking notes and criticism is only tolerated one way. Upper management is extremely out of touch and is unaware of how much their employees work or even do. In order for this organization to succeed in the future, the highest management needs to step down.

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