Pros
Most of the people who have worked here are creative and amazing educators. The work is fun.
Cons
The upper management is toxic, manipulative, and abusive. Within the outdoor education community, it is well known that Trackers has a history of racism, cultural appropriation, and toxic masculinity. When addressing these issues with management, staff are ignored, ridiculed (called "snowflakes"), and yelled at. There are countless stories of staff trauma and abuse at Trackers. Below is a list of some of the things management has told full time staff to do. Write incident reports on staff behaviors that occurred during private interactions outside of work hours. Lie to staff regarding work availability and scheduling. Don't fire staff. Stop giving them work and make them uncomfortable until they quit. When staff were fired, some of them were told not to try collecting unemployment. Share private information about other staff shared in personal conversations. Lie to staff regarding pay. Drive vehicles they were not licensed to drive. Drive buses and vehicles with recorded safety and maintenance issues. Conduct programs at or harvest from parks the company did not have proper permits for. These directions were given in manipulative ways. Many full time staff did not know that they were being told to do unethical or illegal things. If there were ever any repercussions, full blame fell on the staff. Management took no responsibility and often claimed they were unaware these things were happening.
