Remote Work is great - Manager, Annual Giving Sundance Institute Employee Review

I worked the Sundance 2025 festival and had a great experience. The organization treats temporary workers really well, especially during the festival (putting many of us up in Park City in nice accommodations and providing a per diem) and it's a fun team to work with. There are also opportunities to come back for future festivals or transition into a full-time role.

Naturally, hours during the festival are long (but work-life balance in the months leading up to it are great).

passionate, competent staff at the midlevel of the organization

This organization's financial struggles are easy to see on paper. What's harder to see is how dismissive leadership has become of their staff. While it's expected that some staff will leave for greener pastures, so many people that are leaving aren't leaving because of those financial issues but because leadership continues to gaslight staff, refusing to address issues around equity, resources, and transparency. A work experience that formerly centered around meaningful work, strong staff bonds, unique experiences, and opportunities to learn has been reduced to fighting for resources, leadership infighting, and and a general disinterest in staff as a whole. The org is bleeding staff - leaving those that remain under the guidance of newly hired, expensive, new to the organization leaders that have little knowledge of basic operations.