If you think corporate America is bad, wait until you take a
whiff at what is going on at Amnesty International. If you think that those
greedy capitalist plutocrats are oppressing and abusing their workers… the
better to squeeze out the last dollop of profit... take a look at what the
seriously virtuous, charitable souls are doing at Amnesty International. If you
think that corporations routinely abuse their employees, because they lack the
charity gene that Amnesty International workers have in abundance, read the
latest report about the culture of AI…. Read it and become seriously outraged.
What did they find at AI’s different offices? Why they found
bullying, racism, sexism and rampant overwork. A review declared that Amnesty
International possesses a “toxic work culture.”
While pursuing the worthy goal of human rights for all,
Amnesty has been fostering inhumane working conditions at its headquarters.
The Daily Mail has the report:
The
inquiry into working conditions at the London-based
organisation was launched after the suicides of two employees within the space
of six weeks last summer.
Researcher
Gaetan Mootoo, 65, worked for the charity for 32 years before he took his life
inside its Paris office, leaving behind a note blaming pressures he felt at
work.
Rosalind
McGregor, 28, killed herself at home in Surrey while interning at Amnesty's
office in Geneva after developing 'acute anxiety' during five months at the
charity.
While
an inquiry into her death found her to be troubled over 'personal reasons', her
father expressed concerns at the charity's failure to address her mental
health.
Managers at Amnesty International are basically thugs. They
bully, demean, humiliate their staff… Being consumed by their own virtue they do not know how to
manage people or how to bring out anyone’s best. They are exercising their will
to power. And they have a right to do so because their cause is oh-so just.
The Daily Mail continues:
The
latest review, in which 475 members of staff were surveyed, found a strong
'us versus them' dynamic between employees and management.
It
stated that 'many staff gave specific examples of experiencing or witnessing
bullying by managers' during their time with the charity.
Many
workers told of 'discrimination on the basis of race and gender and in which
women, staff of colour, and LGBTQI [people] were targeted or treated unfairly'.
The
report added: 'There were multiple reports of managers belittling staff in
meetings, deliberately excluding certain staff from reporting, or making
demeaning, menacing comments like, "You’re s***!" or, "You
should quit! If you stay in this position, your life will be a misery."
'Others
discussed this issue more generally, reporting that bullying and public
humiliation were routinely used by management at all levels.
'One
interviewee put it like this: "There was a real culture of bullying, right
up until I left [several years ago] particularly of middle managers.
'It was
well known the management team were kept very much in line, and anyone who
stepped out of line was very publicly humiliated".'
More
than a third of employees (39 per cent) who took part in the survey said they
developed mental or physical health issues as a direct result of working at
Amnesty.
As I said, if you think that the corporate world is bad,
just take a look at the world of seriously virtuous charitable organizations.
Like, Amnesty International.
Doing BAD while ostensibly doing Good. Leftist equivalence.
ReplyDeletePublic schools. Have worked all over; never have I been in places where you (teachers) are treated like serfs (dumped on ) like that by parents, teachers in the right cliques, and esp admin. Their favorite tactic is the ambush -- you get a note saying see me tomorrow -- go in, and find anywhere from 2 to 15 people, who have all been meeting earlier and on the same page -- meanwhile, you don't even know what it's about and are unable to prepare. Unions, if applicable do not care about it; they're often in league, as well; and many areas do not have 'em 'cos we know it's just a huge chunk of pay going to leftist causes.
ReplyDeleteHad to quit and yeah, I still have nightmares about it.