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Undervalues its Employees - Associate Workhouse Arts Center Employee Review

2.0
7 Jul 2021
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Pros

It's located in a great location and the staff care about the organization a lot

Cons

The Workhouse undervalues its staff. The pay for an associate with a B.A. or B.S. is that for which a high schooler can make at Costco or Sam's Club ($15) at the time of posting. There are little to no opportunities for advancement here and the wages are stagnant. Aside from pay I have personally been here for a year and with a staff size of approximately 17 employees I have seen 5 employees leave in the span of a year. The turnover here is a good indicator of how employees feel at the Workhouse. They provide little training in my department. I have never seen an employee sent to a management bootcamp or a consultant come in and improve some of the managerial skills of our employees. The board does not re-invest in human capital so we can be more efficient and produce a better experience. One may think that you would not have to interact with the board on a daily basis and interact only with upper management. But the turnover is too high and because of the vacancies members of the board have an overarching hand in the daily affairs. While that I suppose would normally be okay they are not receptive to ideas that the staff brings forward and are quick to say no if it impacts their bottom line. While most of us are educated and have experience our voices are not heard and opinions are quickly discarded.

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5.0
9 Jul 2021
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Pros

Unique environment, opportunities to work and network with different people, great for people who like every day to be a little different and especially great for aspiring artists of every kind

Cons

There were some disgruntled employees but frankly now that they're gone and we have a new CEO I expect moral to improve. There is more lifting and moving stuff around than most jobs but when everybody pitches in it's not so bad.

1.0
20 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Beautiful Campus! A very diverse group of artists.

Cons

Leadership. Micromanagement to the nth degree. Not listening to senior staff or to anyone for that manner. Always in a budget crises. Need to make more money and need to spend less: unless you're the CEO who spends money like it grows on trees. And the addition of a minigolf course on campus that is ugly, takes up valuable space, and cost the Workhouse a lot of money that could have gone to other projects, staff salaries or new hires to right size staffing. Also, and as previously mentioned, the board seems to be a split personality. Half are just there to add the position to their CV's and turn a blind eye to the many issues, and the other half that control everything. Including a legitimate sexual harassment investigation that resulted in little more than a hand slap.

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