Good pay but absolute bullsh#t in terms of management and supervision
Pros
Good pay; being able to help people deal with exposure to COVID-19 and quarantine
Cons
The management of this initiative, under PGC, is unbelievably bad. They hired hundreds and hundreds of warm bodies to do contact tracing without really screening them. Diversity is good, and the COVID-19 initiative is very diverse. However, hiring people with high school as their highest educational level and McDonalds line cook as their most professional job to date, without giving them extra training and support so that they can do their jobs properly, was and is a huge mistake. Early in the initiative absolutely unprepared people (e.g., no supervision experience, no educational background to speak of, no public health experience or coursework) were promoted to positions of authority that pay $45/hr!! -- and they've remained there, even though more qualified people were later hired now have to report to idiots. Manager-supervisors banking gigantic paychecks brag about new electronic toys and cars to the people working for them in absolutely unnecessary team meetings. The fact that we are working on an urgent public health issue is not reflected in the organization and management of the initiative. Instead of a serious meritocracy, it's a bunch of daily cheerleading by regional leaders ("You guys are amazing! You're part of a historic moment!") and taxpayer money being thrown up in the air.
