Dysfunctional & highly political - werkgeversreview Associate Director bij Sundance Institute

2,0
20 mei 2023
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

-Work with talented, independent filmmakers -Senior Management often supportive of new programs ideas and initiatives -Festival perks -Internal access to virtual events of various Artist Programs -Decent benefits -Attempt to promote DEI initiatives internally - but mostly smoke and mirrors

Minpunten

-Way below market salaries until salary transparency law went into effect Jan 2023 (anyone hired before 2023 was clearly low-balled, underpaid, and overworked). They even hired a consulting firm that told them salaries were too low. Despite PR to be more transparent and equitable, not how things work internally -Extremely high turnover across the board -Raise & Promotion process deliberately opaque (very political). Lots of internal "committees" whose members tend to be secret and make decisions affecting your workload, internal support, growth opportunity, etc -Some Artist Programs have support staff of 3-5, while other Programs have none. Unequal support for program leads managing substantially similar workloads -Questionable financial practices, some self-sufficient Artist Programs bring in revenue and are asked to cut budgets, while the revenue brought in is distributed to other programs internally, lying to donors & sponsors, etc

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5,0
23 okt 2025
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Remote, lots of films to see, great PTO and benefits

Minpunten

Gets really busy in preparation for the Festival

2,0
27 jul 2025
Anonieme werknemer
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

passionate, competent staff at the midlevel of the organization

Minpunten

This organization's financial struggles are easy to see on paper. What's harder to see is how dismissive leadership has become of their staff. While it's expected that some staff will leave for greener pastures, so many people that are leaving aren't leaving because of those financial issues but because leadership continues to gaslight staff, refusing to address issues around equity, resources, and transparency. A work experience that formerly centered around meaningful work, strong staff bonds, unique experiences, and opportunities to learn has been reduced to fighting for resources, leadership infighting, and and a general disinterest in staff as a whole. The org is bleeding staff - leaving those that remain under the guidance of newly hired, expensive, new to the organization leaders that have little knowledge of basic operations.

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