great organization - Internship Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network Employee Review

Important work with immigrant and refugee communities, including free legal assistance, policy advocacy, community organizing and civic engagement. Great pay with bonuses and annual raises. 24+ paid holidays with paid time off in the winter and summer. Strong leadership and supportive environment. I had the opportunity to have plenty of autonomy in my work, including leading new campaigns that weren’t previously assigned but I felt were important and I felt supported by my supervisor and ED. Organization paid for my attendance at multiple training opportunities and paid for my travel to conferences throughout California, Las Vegas, Washington DC and others. They also paid for my CEUs and membership fees. I really enjoyed my direct contact with immigrant community. Organization has expanded and added additional programs and offices in hard to reach areas. There is room for growth. I left because I was accepted into graduate school but recommended a dear friend of mine who is still with the org and they are helping her apply to law school. She really enjoys her job and has grown in her role and been there over 3 years.

The work is never ending. I worked at SIREN during the Trump era and the demand was much higher than what we could take on. We worked together as a team to expand our services, develop creative ways to make a big impact in the community! We developed new programs like a texting program for those targeted by ICE and we still found time to hold staff retreats to reflect on our work and plan for the future. Everyone works really hard including the Supervisors and ED. I witnessed the ED staying late to support us with campaigns and would help us clean up after events even though she had a long drive home. Managers and Leadership supported staff with their work and stayed late — due to the high demand and rampant xenophobia. This did cause for burnout due to the current political environment in the country where local small nonprofits experienced the burden.

Serves community, supposedly. Decent pay.

Misleading about work schedule. Position was salaried but was assured that role would be Monday through Friday with occasional weekends, depending on community events. 2 months into role and supervisor questions why I'm not updating our social media on the weekends. Micro managing as well. Supervisor and ED at the time expected a list of things I did broken down by hour. High turnover rate reflects the work culture.