Pros
I love the brand's mission and the generous teammates I've been working with. A lot of them want to learn and develop new skills, which I appreciate.
Cons
Positive Masculinity Now is operated under Super Purposes, formerly known as SuperInterns. PM has a wonderful purpose, and I love the CEO's passion and dedication to deconstructing masculinity and encouraging growth and compassion. However, it feels off. Sketchy even. Every Human Resources, Communications, Marketing, and Cybersecurity specialist are unpaid interns. Even the leaders are unpaid, and some of these people have been working there for months or years! I understand that PM is a non-profit business, but having interns teaching interns means everything is uncoordinated and disjointed. Nobody knows what’s going on, and projects are left unfinished because people leave frequently. Everything feels unprofessional, leading me to believe that most people are teaching themselves, not being taught. The point of internships, especially unpaid ones, is to train interns and build their confidence for when a new opportunity or job arises. How can these interns develop important skills if nobody has experience or even gets paid? It feels like I’ve learned nothing, and I’m trying my best to do so. Unfortunately, Super Purposes runs the same way. It feels like the only people being paid are a select few. Opportunities feel nonexistent. Skype communications are shaky, and it takes me days to hear back from other coworkers. Having a disorganized team, on top of being run entirely by unpaid interns, results in demotivation, frustration, and incredibly high turnover rates. It honestly feels like having a WHOLE TEAM run by unpaid workers is exploitable. Nobody is being trained outside of orientation on how to use Basecamp and Skype.