Horrible Internship Experience - Intern DUMBO Employee Review

Small business, hands on experience learning many aspects of operation. Many opportunities to connect with the wonderful world of DUMBO, and all of it's varied business people. Provides opportunities for autonomous projects, and detailed assistance from experienced professionals to help you move into a solid position after the internship.

My only con is also a pro in many ways. Being such a small organization with many responsibilities means a lot of work in multiple arenas. As an intern, this was helpful for me in developing broad skills that allowed me to apply for a gambit of opportunities post - internship.

Kalvis and Naseem are great at their jobs and always helpful.

Team DUMBO regularly exploits contract laborers and free interns, laser focused on extracting as much labor as they can from young people with as little compensation as possible. I was heavily relied upon for all social media and graphic assets but compensation and benefits were continuously denied despite my work becoming integral to the bid’s functioning, the equivalent of a full time position. I was let go over personal issues with Clara, and received no notification that the bid would not be giving me new work, leading to a scramble that ended with me being 5 thousand in debt and receiving a legal notice that Team DUMBO was disputing my unemployment payments. The lead management of this organization is truly a sinkhole of morals and accountability, and working here essentially ruined my career.