tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post5353850684523135129..comments2024-02-20T06:12:56.152-05:00Comments on The Muse Has Left The Building...: "AmeriCorps Sucks" "I hate AmeriCorps"Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13306636563912007809noreply@blogger.comBlogger306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-41349604831766979882022-06-16T00:06:25.415-04:002022-06-16T00:06:25.415-04:00Total Rating: 0/100
Recommended? No
CEO Approval? ...Total Rating: 0/100<br />Recommended? No<br />CEO Approval? No<br />Business Outlook? Never Recommended<br /><br />Pros:<br />None<br /><br />Cons:<br />EverythingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-62725608587027927982022-06-16T00:05:38.405-04:002022-06-16T00:05:38.405-04:00If we are mentioning College Alumni going into Ame...If we are mentioning College Alumni going into Americorps, it should be clear that they are to know of basic Economics BEFORE entering. They should also have business knowledge of contracts including the fine print AND what they are to expect from uncaring, retarded, and unwelcoming excuse for supervisors. Seriously, Caveat Emptor to all who decide against their better judgment. IF they decide to go in, they should know that this is an at-will employment meaning that they can be fired or let go for ANY reason at all without any warning or formality. They should also know upfront that they enter at their own risk and are very likely to leave bankrupt and disappointed. They should know that being paid below minimum-wage is an ethically disputed labor practice. However, that would never be taken as a recommendation. Additionally, cynicism comes as an effect from dysfunctional conflict. Meaning that if there is some type of fight that is started, NEVER expect your supervisors to listen or be helpful. Expect to be treated like a dog and thrown to the wolves. Also, expect having to take the matter into your own hands with absolutely no help or support except hearing a bunch of whiny liberal pukes who will hypocritically snitch despite being the WORST type of offenders out there. Don't feel bad if you cut ties with all former "members", they weren't good at all and were just two-faced with their own problems. THEIR PROBLEMS ARE NOT YOUR PROBLEMS. Seriously, those cretins just suck out loud. The worst. Again, Americorps is NOT a future employer.<br /><br /><br />Conclusion:<br />Americorps is an epic failure that does NOT deserve a single star or a single point out of 100. This is not the kind of future that our ancestors fought and won. And no, don't wash that retarded Americorps gear you get when you have to return it. Put it back in a bag and let those slave-master tyrants do it themselves if they truly cared (they won't because they themselves hate working there). If those slave-masters actually cared about helping out the community, they would be practicing what they preach. Clearly not. Just a bunch of white-collar crooks on a high horse that are tone-deaf as to the world around them. Same can be said about those phillistines who are supposed to be "college educated" but would rather get drunk, rudely wake people up during midnight, have sex, and steal money out of the vending machines. Much more could be written, but it is good enough. Americorps is clearly on the wrong side of history. What a boondoggle. It really doesn't matter, they are actually extinct as far as everyone who is a someone is concerned.<br /><br /><br />RIP Americorps.<br /><br />PS fuck your CEO, stakeholders, "unit leaders", team leaders, good ole' boys club, and the entire Americorp chain-of-command.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-38614836406700760232022-06-16T00:04:42.809-04:002022-06-16T00:04:42.809-04:00There are absolutely no benefits towards entering ...There are absolutely no benefits towards entering into a contract with Americorps. This corrupt and abusive organization will not meet half-way. Technically, people respond to a perceived incentive and will stick around because of the fact of the material existence. If you remove the incentive, there is absolutely no reason EVERYBODY would stick around to even put up with 1 second of being in Americorp. There are absolutely no consequences for corrupt and no-good criminals who go into this "program" out to play games and throw their "team members" under the bus. The Americorps "Education Award" is hidden behind barriers set up to make use of it impossible and those a pointless pursuit. A lie that is told by Americorps is that you are "helping the community". If that was the case, a REAL team would be able to handle their own conflicts that were instigated by these sinister little pukes from the streets to begin with instead of just pointing fingers and throwing people under the bus out of spite. No, the exact opposite happens. Mind you, the chain-of-command in Aurora, Colorado is beyond detestable If you are foolish enough to actually sign a contract on their joke of a website to "be a volunteer". Burning your bridges with the youth that you took advantage of for peanuts in exchange for unskilled labor is NOT making a difference. If the small problems cannot take care of themselves, the bigger ones could never. Americorps is just too dishonest to admit all of this.<br /><br /><br />The only people who stuck around are brown-nosers. The rest either quit, got kicked out for sketchy reasons, or were in a last-resort situation and begged for their lives in order to stay on board. Americorps is a non-starter. The last choice you would ever think to pick. Additionally, quitting and flat-out abandoning Americorps and that joke of a "network" will have NO negative consequences. If you have good credit, pay your taxes, and are willing to become something after being forced to start over then you can totally be successful. As such, there are no benefits in sticking around in a corrupt and abusive organization that does not care or even trains their "volunteers" to perform basic tasks correctly. Your first 24 hours on campus will be a hit-or-miss. Majority of the time (75% - 98%) will be a miss. It simply doesn't make a difference or creates ANY worthwhile change at all. Additionally, stay away from the girls if you can avoid it. Third-wave Feminism ruins relationships and is all about female supremacy and entitlement (a secret for the brightest of minds). Seriously, only a cuck who signed up for money would be so desperate after striking a deal with the devil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-67804675539373302602022-06-16T00:03:54.238-04:002022-06-16T00:03:54.238-04:00"Volunteers" were also straight up lied ..."Volunteers" were also straight up lied to about how much they made bi-weekly and monthly. It should be noted that these "dorms" contained black mold, urine, feces, and run-down facilities that are substandard upon an oversight inspection. This is comparable to a third-world country where human rights violations are the norm. In particular, underage drinking was encouraged on this run-down excuse for a "campus". Several "volunteers" bragged about it and nothing was done. Additionally, "volunteers" also had sex in their dorms. Americorps only cared about numbers enough to use them for unskilled labor according to the below minimum wage payments as evident following what they actually signed up for. Too many on and off-the-record first-hand and second-hand accounts to never recommend Americorps due to the unethical and unsafe nature of how notorious Americorps has become that has caused their numbers to dwindle. If you go into Americorps, it will cost you your life. It simply isn't in your best interest to join to have nothing to show for.<br /><br /><br />An example is the notorious Vaughn Cottman who is/was the "Sun Unit Leader" and the rest of those rotten to the core slave-masters in Denver and in Aurora, Colorado. He told his indentured slaves that they would be making $14.50 every day. By his logic, if we multiply 14 days by $14.50 we get $203. If we calculate that monthly, we would multiply that figure by 2, we get $406 per month. However, when the indentured slaves got their receipts on their bank statements, it showed as $184.50. Do the math for one month, and we get 369. This is an example of a red-flag when lying with mathematics is clearly demonstrated by Mr. Cottman's bad faith. Mr. Cottman also assumes that because he is a "leader" in title only that makes him somehow a symbol of change. Well, that isn't the case and it is quite the exact opposite. And that is a bunch of bullshit on Mr. Cottman's behalf. Above all else, Mr. Cottman makes it a mission to ruin the lives of his indentured slaves by pretending to be an arm of law enforcement which puts himself an arbitary self-appointed category of "judge, jury, and executioner". He is none of that. Just a common white-collar thug who uses intimidation, slavery, and poverty to take advantage of the good-hearted nature of his "guinea pigs" in order to elevate himself while making it clear that Americorps is really just "at-will employment" and "exploitation of labour". Seriously, fuck that guy. By the way, Mr. Cottman's salary information indicates that he makes well over $80,000+ USD every year. This is not the kind of "supervisor" that has any interest in working for an honest living. This is just a means to an end for a second pension without any honest days worth of hard work. Just check mark a box and "call it a day". The exact same can be said about every other "unit leader" at their Aurora, Colorado headquarters. The exact same would be said about any and all in that chain of command up in Colorado.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-49050095958274799852022-06-16T00:02:58.736-04:002022-06-16T00:02:58.736-04:00Americorps in Aurora, Colorado moved from their pr...Americorps in Aurora, Colorado moved from their previous location in Denver, Colorado. The current location is basically in a remote area that is basically 5 - 15 miles outside of the normal human population. This should raise an immediate red-flag as to whether or not you really think that trying to commute by foot is a good idea. 5 -15 miles outside civilization means no cameras. No cameras means that it is a matter of "he-said/she-said". Again, another red-flag. People have actually been shot and killed while in the Americorps program. Americorps is just too crooked to fail knowing that they prey on idealistic youth who really don't know the realities of the real world. Their previous location was stationed on a university campus. Moving to another location suggests that their enemies caught up to them and they fled just to save face. This another red-flag as to the unsafe and dangerous nature of Americorps. Based on this terrible first impression, Americorps should be gutted off the board even as a last-resort option. This is Americorps idea of a "Placement site". This is not a joke at all.<br /><br /><br />If you go to the Google Reviews, they are currently the lowest reviewed Americorps campus out of the available choices. Suggesting that they are the absolute worst excuse for a "volunteer program". You will be dodging a bullet if you refuse to enter into contract in becoming a slave for an antisocial corporation that truly does not care at all. If you are foolish enough to relocate there out of your area, you will be forced to fend for yourself in a low-income rat race with no direction bound to be lost and actively being made a target of by almost everybody who is either going to stab you in the back, quit, or pretend to be your "friend" only to later leave you upon any kind of "inconvenience". Seriously, that is no way to treat young people who genuinely care about making a difference in their communities. Shame on Americorps hiring practices. In reality, these "Volunteers" who are actually indentured slaves to help "assist" in the dysfunctional management of Americorps were ignored, stabbed in the back, disrespected, abandoned, insulted, and sexually harassed on a daily basis. Being under-utilized and unappreciated is a LEGITIMATE REASON to destroy all bridges with Americorps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-65390571919315847612020-11-01T10:28:07.014-05:002020-11-01T10:28:07.014-05:00I was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease...I was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) when I was 46 years old 2 years ago. The Rilutek (riluzole) did very little to help. The medical team did even less. My decline was rapid and devastating. my arms weakened first, then my hands and legs. 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The Ed Award is great and worked out for me last year. I guess if you are already poor, serve in your own community, and are resilient as fuck you can have a good experience in AMericorps. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01584255067597083680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-72203070467529262952017-10-13T23:21:41.378-04:002017-10-13T23:21:41.378-04:00I'm a VISTA. I'm pretty frustrated with my...I'm a VISTA. I'm pretty frustrated with my experience.<br /><br />I started out at my site in Denver, and was not given any clear direction. My organization painted all the broad strokes, and didn't have any clear or articulated vision except to have a foothold in a small rural community that could possibly use their services in historic preservation on buildings. This community is made up of working class people. It is not a well-off community whose priorities lie in preservation.<br /><br />About 6 months in, and after sitting at my desk and staring at my computer screen while being told I should be a glorified receptionist, the ED decides that I need to move out to said community (2.5 hours away from the office) to carry out my project and engage stakeholders.<br /><br />I've been living in a college dormitory for the past few months. I am moving into town by my own initiative, but the whole experience has been a nightmare. I am clinically depressed and there are no therapists are counselors available in the town. The nearest therapist is in a town about an hour away and doesn't accept my insurance.<br /><br />I have about 3 more months of this, and by the grace of God, I will make it out. I can only keep trying to push on at this point, and try to be useful. But I don't understand why this organization was given a VISTA if they cannot even support one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-16854031487544983202017-09-02T23:20:44.830-04:002017-09-02T23:20:44.830-04:00I just completed my year of service and will never...I just completed my year of service and will never recommend the program to anyone! The management was terribly inadequate and lacked proper leadership skills. In particular, the manager didn't want to be there and showed implicit bias to members that kissed her ass. When I was struggling with the program and wanted out, they promised three key things but never delivered/made excuses. They always went back on their word and expected my burned out mind to function without the proper breaks that I had requested during the day. Subsequently, I sacrificed my mental and physical health.<br /><br />It should be mentioned that the program is dying and no one is signing on. During my year, we had 15 members but previous years had well over 30. While planning for service projects, we did not have enough bodies for organizing and everyone was burnt-out with enormous amounts of responsibilities and stress (service project planning for site + program and site responsibilities). <br /><br />If you were to mention to management that you were burnt-out, you were blamed and pushed to continue. On the aside, three members were able to fudge their hours with management turning a blind eye. I surmise that their dwindled numbers caused the program heads to turn a blind eye to demonstrate 100% successful rate of completion.<br /><br />At my site, the staff were alot better to deal with but things got sour as I began to burn-out. I lost myself but I've slowly been reclaiming my sanity and well-being since.<br /><br />In the end, I don't want to reveal the program. The non-profit that it's attached to does good work but the program's management completely destroyed my ability to love it. <br /><br />To the people at my site, I wish that I had a better handle on my service year but it got to be too much in the end. I was sick for months during the program and I should've quit but I was too complacent.<br /><br />To management, you were both problematic people that use the good nature of human beings to complete scut work. You used us as free labor while viewing our bodies as disposable. You were implicitly bias against members and held unconscious prejudices against your members of color. The attitude that, YOU, the manager displayed was immature and pathetic and disgusting.. May the program RIP soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-56782288784711140352017-04-19T12:20:38.078-04:002017-04-19T12:20:38.078-04:00Americorps puts on a noble front, but in reality, ...Americorps puts on a noble front, but in reality, its a way for organizations to get free labor. Unfortunately, Americorps is able to get around a lot of labor laws because we are considered "service members" and not employees. There have been many weeks where I have been forced to work over 50 hours, though I am considered a part-time member. The organization we are placed in sees us as free labor, as I mentioned before, and also sees us as an easy scapegoat for problems created by upper-management. Completely ridiculous. I cannot wait to be finished with my hours. Hoping Trump just defunds it already.Americorps Kansas Volunteernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-15854973801051639552016-12-26T07:45:47.760-05:002016-12-26T07:45:47.760-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11228928769711044739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-817076702703183232016-12-26T07:43:06.104-05:002016-12-26T07:43:06.104-05:00Dear friends! I'm here to share with you and l...Dear friends! I'm here to share with you and learn from you! Many thanks for the contribution of your personal viewpoints. I'd like to introduce your special attention at our newly posted article: <a href="http://resumeperk.com/blog/15-common-reasons-why-people-quit-jobs" rel="nofollow">http://resumeperk.com/blog/15-common-reasons-why-people-quit-jobs</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11228928769711044739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-59489724387557240512016-11-04T19:10:20.836-04:002016-11-04T19:10:20.836-04:00Well, here it is 2017, and AmeriCorps VISTA is the...Well, here it is 2017, and AmeriCorps VISTA is the same scam it's always been. I took my position because of the work I was told I would do, and I was lied to. I have been bored, disrespected, and desperate to finish this jail sentence. AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps VISTA are a colossal waste of time-DO NOT JOIN! You will be lied to, left without any meaningful work, treated badly, ignored, criticized, and receive no support from anywhere.Your placement site will not care about you, the AmeriCorps VISTA Sacramento center will not help you or support you, you will be left totally on your own in a low-income ghetto to fend for yourself.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-37042125465247920982016-11-04T14:32:43.680-04:002016-11-04T14:32:43.680-04:00I'm an AmeriCorps in my 10th month and I want ...I'm an AmeriCorps in my 10th month and I want to blow my brains out. I do nothing for 8 hours every day. I have had 3 clients last month. Impressive, I know. <br /><br />The living stipend isn't TERRIBLE if you have a second job, but have fun having no time to do anything other than work. <br /><br />If I worked at a different site with a competent supervisor, I believe I wouldn't have just wasted my time. She is a complete nincompoop who uses words like "ex-specially" and whose IQ is nowhere to be found. Good Lord, woman, use your words!<br /><br />I have absolutely no respect for such an idiotic, passive-aggressive, illiterate woman who somehow got her job without having any basic qualifications to do so. <br /><br />AmeriCorps is for post-grads who live off of Mommy and Daddy's money and don't mind brown-nosing. Period. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-29006451715473108162016-11-04T14:28:03.745-04:002016-11-04T14:28:03.745-04:00blahblahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-63077635524876309742016-09-08T15:14:03.313-04:002016-09-08T15:14:03.313-04:00Frances Anna Ayers,
I am not in my 40s, but I ...Frances Anna Ayers, <br /> I am not in my 40s, but I am in my 30s...I have a Master's degree in Natural Resource Management, and I was "hired" as a VISTA for a conservation-based non-profit. So far, I am only about a month in...<br />This is my current view of this program:<br />I accepted the position because it offered me a chance to gain experience in my new field (I changed careers with my Master's degree) doing EXACTLY what I want to do career-wise and in the location I wanted. However, like many of the other VISTA's have mentioned, the living stipend is ridiculous. I am lucky to be married and have another full-time income to support us, but if I did not have that, there is NO WAY this would be worth it. Also, unbeknownst to me, my site was experiencing a MAJOR employee-turnover/transition phase. I am trying to be patient, but I have not really done much work so far because they are still trying to organize everything. There are literally DAYS where I just play on the computer, text, research, etc. And I am NOT the type of person who does that anyways. I am a total type-A, task-oriented person, and not having work is driving me crazy. <br />I think that IF my site gets everything organized, and IF I am able to stay on long-term after my contract is over or get another great job, Americorps will be worth it. But if I leave here with no job, it is definitely not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-62056672017664056642016-08-17T14:23:17.889-04:002016-08-17T14:23:17.889-04:00I am a middle aged woman in her early fifties with...I am a middle aged woman in her early fifties with a graduate degree in the human service field,and am wondering if there are any other members who are over 40 and had a positive experience.<br />Frances Anna Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00243885670049569551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-91962987520338284392015-12-14T17:28:52.788-05:002015-12-14T17:28:52.788-05:00I am a new AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in Denver. ...I am a new AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in Denver. I am overwhelmed because I am looking for affordable housing, and I can't live off the stipend.<br />I enjoy my work, but I am homeless, and this sucks! I think I can make a difference, however, it is quietly noted to me that perhaps I may have to hatched this endeavor. I don't want to let go, but, I am now sure if I can get corporate AmeriCorps VISTA to assist in help. No, I don't expect them to give me housing, but I don't know my options. Any suggestions.<br /><br />AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35911807.post-67827675762316601382015-12-13T20:57:59.396-05:002015-12-13T20:57:59.396-05:00Hey guys! Just a quick public service annoucement ...Hey guys! Just a quick public service annoucement to all on this blog and who visit it.<br /><br />Vaughn Cottman of Americorps NCCC has been distributing malware on his twitter account. He was bragging about it and posted links that were website redirects. Upon scanning the websites, they were blacklisted as malware and some were posted on phishtank. Just a heads up. Do not do business with him. He will act like you're inferior to him and treat you like you're just a doll to be toyed around with. Do not go to Denver NCCC. They will blame you for their own incompetence and willful dishonesty on their behalf.<br /><br />According to virustotal.com, these websites contain malware. I found it on this users page as part of what seemed to me as suspicious activity involving "making money off of internet survey's". It's a website redirect from facebook onto what's now been reported as a malicious malware website.<br /><br />http://t.co/6Ix0bGjy<br />http://t.co/xYPSoVGR<br />http://t.co/UBxZskWp<br />http://t.co/wije2q8n<br />http://t.co/jukdiWuf<br />http://t.co/9E79lPiW<br />http://t.co/OoNtcx3M<br />http://t.co/c6KBPjYc<br />http://t.co/NwbD3oqC<br />http://t.co/igSAkDAi<br />http://t.co/NWtdXXJo<br />http://t.co/nuY9Czu8<br />http://t.co/YEouaXyY<br />http://t.co/vHpBRw1t<br />http://t.co/pHwGBxoy<br />http://t.co/eAzMPiMr<br />http://t.co/T2HLYYpS<br />http://t.co/ELE1obMo<br />http://t.co/rlUrkTNJ<br />http://t.co/k3pxE8n0<br />http://t.co/c56DVGC0<br />http://t.co/yvKPCUSW<br />http://t.co/hpAWr7Qq<br />http://t.co/Ydl7IGJz<br />http://t.co/lsJbKcxo<br />http://t.co/YZJ5dTkW<br />http://t.co/441agSCX<br />http://t.co/8b6GgBbU<br />http://t.co/t0eVThmY<br />http://t.co/je7snAhK<br />http://t.co/1qrpRAQB<br />http://t.co/6BgXgz4J<br />http://t.co/xYKA8ycp<br />http://t.co/rUP2whJo<br />http://t.co/PpOEi5Ej<br />http://t.co/C4ClKqKK<br />http://t.co/z7DagR8D<br />http://t.co/24m0SLtD<br />http://t.co/5i3RHDSj<br />http://t.co/2gI6es7X<br />http://t.co/a7p5MZyX<br />http://t.co/agq9PbXB<br />http://t.co/VSB7XjSU<br />http://t.co/hTevFBZG<br />http://t.co/krUDJ6xf<br />http://t.co/fYovZZBm<br /><br /><br />https://twitter.com/vcottman<br /><br />Avoid it like the plague.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com