Prós
The staff was able to unionize and secure some improvements in the jobs there, despite the company undermining union organizing efforts, complaining about their bottom line, people in management crying in front of staff because they didn't understand why we wouldn't just ask them for what we need instead of unionizing which is quite ironic considering some of our clients were pro-worker organizations and unions. They say you learn a lot and I did learn how to balance a huge workload and scrimp to survive in an expensive city on a far too low salary for my skill set.
Contras
People are overworked, especially entry level, you have to attend all staff calls that are essentially brainwashing hours to convince you the work matters far more than it does. You are on a staff of mostly white people who are consulting for organizations that are also mostly white trying to "target" communities of color ostensibly to support them but ultimately to use them to fundraise from other white people who run foundations that are supposedly helping communities of color. Just more nonprofit industrial complex nonsense.