Again, SurvivorNet’s mission is incredible. Soon after beginning working for the company, however, a multitude of alarming things began transpiring. Let me preface this by saying that I’m used to working with difficult personalities yet have always been able to adapt to the unique situation at hand. Moreover, I was warned before coming on board at SurvivorNet that the CEO was “an acquired taste” — I heeded those warnings but thought that the company’s mission was so great that I would be able to adapt like I have in the past. However, after working under him for a little over a week, the environment proved to be fearmongering, demeaning, and contemptuous not just to me but to the majority of individuals I was working alongside. The way the CEO runs the company borders on illegal — the egregiously long hours with minimal pay, the lack of a managing editor or of a proper medical review process, and the covert racism that becomes more and more clear each day you work there. Oh, also, if you're a contractor and do something the CEO doesn't like, he might not pay you at all.
Again, I have no doubt that this site has a great intention: to do amazing and significant things for cancer survivors. However, the way that the CEO treats his employees is unacceptable. I've never had someone demean, devalue, and abase me as much as this man has. Even when you do exactly what he says, he still manages to humiliate you, often publicly in front of the rest of the team. I know that many more of his employees have been the victim of his ruthless bullying, as well, but are too scared to speak up because of the fear of being fired because of the dictatorial way he runs SurvivorNet.
