Great co-workers and clients, but leadership is out of touch
Pros
- People I met for even a short time at Ashoka became lifelong friends - The community of fellows and changemakers are constantly inspiring - Flexible work schedule - Making even small positive changes there feels huge and effects people who are making a difference in the world
Cons
- Classist culture and hiring system that overtly alienates people who don't have enough generational wealth to endure an 8-12 month hiring process, have a terrible salary, and have no upward mobility. - Hiring process encourages you to share about your life history / trauma - Culture comes from a respect for white tower education and flowery language and not actual action and movement building - ED has founders syndrome and a chokehold on random projects of his choosing that he has zero expertise in. The leadership are selected based on whether or not he likes them, not based on their skills. The people who have actual on the ground experience and a diversity of identities are at the lowest levels, receiving the lowest pay, and cannot stay long unless they have (again) generational wealth. - So much time, talent, and resources wasted because the people in charge are making decisions that make no sense
