1.0
23 Jun 2017
Former employee, less than 1 year
Oakland, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Meeting people from all walks of life, with incredible stories and journeys (both colleagues and the strangers on the street in your community); feeling like you've done a little bit more to protect human rights around the world; shorter days than a "traditional" office job; good benefits (but only if you stick around long enough to actually receive them, which is rare); good public speaking practice
Cons
Poor, ruthless leadership in the canvassing office; high job insecurity week to week, which leads to high stress; emotionally (and sometimes physically) draining work; overall disorganization; no transportation compensation; very high turnover; no opportunity for lateral movement into another non-canvassing office