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Had a job interview and killed it, but its a one year contract with AmeriCorps. IDK AmeriCorps, are they cool? (hexbear.net)

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IDK shit about AmeriCorps. Anyone got the lowdown on them?

The actual org I'd be working with is an anti-homelessness org in my city. The pay is super low and they were transparent in saying "yeah a lot of the people that work with us have other jobs" but after 2 years of hardly any income, and a chance at a job where I'd actually be helping people, I'd take it in a second.

Guess what I'm looking for here, is "is there anything shitty about AmeriCorps I should know if they offer me a job?"

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Will you be like a member under a team lead? If you are, they let pretty much anybody be one. I was under a different program and my team lead didn't do shit and embarrassed us in front of people we were trying to help. A lot of the people you work with might be younger too, some are good eggs with a passion for helping people, others are there for daycare basically. It's a roll of dice on who your teamed up with.

Actually, Vista looks a little more hands off compared to my program where they provided housing. Probably a lot less of those daycare babies. But the gist of my comment is your team can make or break your experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Thanks! Im not sure what the structure looks like yet, will probably know more tomorrow!