Prós
Union full of very passionate, talented and dedicated staff Give some consideration for mental health that other workplaces don't.
Contras
Extremely toxic workplace for BIPOC staff. There's a very particular model for who can be successful at M+R - the quirky white liberal. BIPOC staff have been leaving in droves and very little has been done to find out why and address it. The amount of emotional labor asked from staff to improve the workplace, just for their ideas to be given nothing more than lip service is beyond exhausting. Even the affinity group specifically dedicated to white anti-racism can't deliver any kind of tangible change. M+R has had all-white leadership for 30 years in work that overwhelmingly serves people of color. And none of those white people want to give up any of that power in any way, so efforts to make change are often dead in the water. Staffing models are messed up. Staff are worked beyond capacity, stuck on difficult client, and asked to cover while open positions go unfilled for months. Whole departments fall apart if 1 person leaves.