East Harlem Tutorial Program reviews about "mission"

Hard place to survive, crabs in the barrel.

- Compensation not competitive - Management is reactive rather than proactive - The children/community don't seem to be centered in the work - Rapid growth without strong foundation - Work/life balance is difficult to achieve for some roles

-Management needs more training -Hard to move up unless you have good manager that really pushes for you -Tension between management and lower level folks

Ironically, the realization of the organization's anti-racist mission is not currently inclusive of Jewish experiences, despite discrimination being explicitly prohibited in the employee handbook. I was encouraged to stay remote and not given office space in order for leadership to not have to address politically charged paraphernalia that was allowed to stay up for months at a colleague's neighboring desk, where children and staff were tacitly indoctrinated in anti-Jewish sentiments. This colleague also refused to shake my hand on my last day, reflecting the hostile work environment. Over my last six months of employment I wanted to not have to engage in the political discourse that was sometimes made mandatory in "equity team" led meetings and just wanted to do my job. I never brought up these topics and explicitly asked to not have to engage my colleagues on this level. Instead of enforcing the handbook rules, my messages to leadership were met with "this is above my pay grade" and inaction from leadership. However upon leaving, the icing on the cake was HR bringing in an external person and proceeded to try to gaslight me about any of this happening, but I have thorough documentation that has been shared with the DOE. I left because I did not feel safe or welcome as a Jewish person and hope management takes explicit steps so that others don't experience this. Grateful to have left this organization.

-Overworked...50-65 hour work week depending on when it's slow (50 hours) or busy (65-70 hours) -Underpaid with very few (if any) perks, i.e. no work from home days, most holidays are days you are required to work -Very little control over your own role, i.e your role can change without your say -Lack of consistency, EXTREMELY high staff turn over rate -Inexperienced leaders, leads to unprofessionalism, pettiness, and immaturity from upper management/school leaders. -Wants to be a data driven network but doesn't take into consideration the input of the data experts -Lack of transparency between school to school and between leaders and their staff -Lack of structure/vision leads to unavoidable late nights and weekend work. -Racial equity is very important for lower level staff but doesn't appear to be prioritized to the senior leaders/school leaders

The team is stretched thin and additional support would make a big difference in managing the workload and continuing progress.

No strategic plan or vision. Consistent fires for over 4 years with high turnover and deeply unhappy coworkers who feel trapped because they really care for families and scholars but senior leadership fails to recognize that without a long-term plan or strategic vision everything feels like it's in vain and is to keep the lights on. Anti-racist is just a brand to this organization - used to be an every day part of the fabric of the org but after 2020 it became lip-service, just ask anyone in senior leadership what it means to be anti-racist and you will probably get 7 different answers. Anti-racism is not diversity or multiculturalism. It's a commitment to undoing the ways in which white supremacy is imbedded in structures and practices that create inequitable conditions for people of color. I wouldn't recommend working here if you would like to feel supported in your role. You will not get that here.