There is nothing good about working at Artscape. If you value your mental and psychological health, you'll stay away.
- Unbelievable, unmanageable and completely unreasonable workload that would break even the most hardworking and dedicated staff.
- It's extremely difficult to move projects along because everyone is busy with absolutely everything and no one has time to review/approve anything, and so it goes until things spiral out of control.
- The GASLIGHTING is off the charts. When things do eventually spiral out of control because of the aforementioned crippling workload, directors/ senior managers will blame you for not moving things along, not making goals etc. In reality, it's not the employee's fault, it's just the institutional system and a result of people prioritizing absolutely everything and not understanding that some projects/goals are just unrealistic and not doable in the timeframe provided. Many times I've heard people say: "Well, maybe you're just not the right KIND OF PERSON for the job, or the RIGHT FIT for this workplace." This is just a major gaslighting attempt in order to dismiss people's very real concerns about their workloads and institutional roadblocks. This needs to end immediately. Toying with people's mental health and emotional well being is NOT A JOKE.
- No one is happy, and that's evident. Directors/senior managers are cultish in their attempts try to sell everyone on what a cool/hip place Artscape is, and how great the organizational values are, but it's all just facade. At heart of the issue is the fact that this organization wants to help artists thrive at the expense of its employees (many of whom are actually artists).
- Concerns are not taken seriously when employees dare to speak up. This is the most disheartnening part of working here. Your concerns are dismissed as minor, or irrelevant. Nothing is done by directors/senior managers to address employees' crippling workload because it's seen as being THE EMPLOYEE'S fault.
- As a result of all of the above, the turnover is massive, which only increases the workload of the people who continue to work there, thus continuing all of this in a never ending loop of unhappiness and instability.
