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] 17 points 1 week ago

I used to volunteer to help teach kids to read in a summer daycare program led by AmeriCorps. Everyone was super cool and really wanted to do good.

More of a bandaid for a gunshot wound kind of government aid, but that’s not to say they don’t do some actual good.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Cool! Overall it sounds like about what I expected from the org, I was curious if they had some hideous shit under their belt that isnt super public. Im pretty psyched for the job and hope they offer it to me!

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