Use and abuse - Park Guide National Park Service Employee Review

Too much to summarize, but many of their policies are outdated and needlessly authoritative. There is a culture of permanents abusing seasonal staff (because they were at one time in the same position). I never felt the propagandistic loyalty to the institution so why would I stay for low pay, micro-management, bad working conditions in fire-ridden California, all to cater to hordes of brainless tourists who storm National Parks in search of stickers for their sprinter vans. Obviously there are some positive experiences, you meet a lot of cool people, but more importantly there is the dissonance of working for an institution that is so focused on tourism and “customer satisfaction” they are unable to decolonize their history or react in a meaningful way to climate change. Plus, they know every year there will be thousands more people on USA Jobs who want to be “Rangers” so they don’t care about your happiness or satisfaction. All the permanents at my second park were leaving. Follow their lead...