Pros
literally nothing. I'm embarrassed to have worked here. for background I was an intern who was promoted to a fellow - I was paid 60% of what my team mates made to literally do their job for them - and then I was unceremoniously released when it was time to promote me. awful human beings.
Cons
- the ceo is a misogynist and also racist. during the beginning of the june 2020 protests he was incredibly dismissive of Black Lives Matter and told staff that anyone who wants to bring RepresentUs work closer to BLM should leave now - the group routinely releases "unbreaking america" videos that are chockful of lives. last year, they released a video starring omar epps advertising themselves as a group that works on private prison reform. which is not the case at all. this video was made to capitalize on black suffering. - as a trans person I faced many, many micro aggressions - expected to work overtime without pay for any hours past 40 -every single exit memo I found on our server contained serious complaints about sexism from the higher ups - this is more personal but higher-ups took credit for my work routinely. - as an 'intern' tasked with basically running the volunteer program I was taught nothing. no mentorship, no training, nothing. in fact -I- had to train my -superiors- on how to do the basic functions of their jobs. - on top of running the volunteer program, I also ran the Diversity Equity and Inclusion program for volunteers and it was not taken remotely seriously at all. - this organization is a massive grift - it will collapse within a year or so in my opinion. so stay away from them.
