Appalachian Mountain Club reviews

-Numerous hiring promises broken, including relevant management training -Continued reliance on “how we’ve always done it” by longer tenured staff in the face of a $2.5mm budget deficit -Some of the longer tenured employees are combative with most change -Senior management that fails to: (1) clearly communicate goals/tasks; (2) timely review and provide feedback on deliverables; and (3) promote a team atmosphere -Unclear or disregarded lines of communication, with management sometimes pitting employees against one another, all while then criticizing those same employees behind their backs -Disregard and/or failure to accommodate diagnosed disabilities. -Poor and/or non-existent disciplinary structure that, instead, appears to simply accommodate the hiring/firing “whims” of senior management (no counseling, no PIPs, no specifics on what "people are saying", etc.) -Management unfocused and in “crisis” mode -Senior management that, instead of being constructive, chooses instead to personally demean and criticize. -Unavailability and complete lack of communication from senior management. No advice or mentorship as promised. This includes ignored emails/chats during one of the rare opportunities to have an in person meeting, as well as numerous other documented examples. -Talks a good game about equity/inclusion, but completely fails in execution (particularly as regards disabilities) as well as executive hiring practices and diversity

Pay equity is the opposite of transparent. Staff are paid on a "sliding scale" but seeing that performance reviews are no longer tied to raises, nobody knows how to actually move up the scale. Communication from upper mgmt to staff is sub-par on a good day. Constant organizational restructures are giving everyone a major headache. When opportunities to diversify AMC staff appear, mgmt and the board routinely chose the cisgender white people to fill spots.