Pros
Lots of passionate staff members, good pay and benefits for a nonprofit, worthwhile Mission
Cons
Like others have stated, the problems start at the top, with the CEO, Tracey Brown. She is more interested in promoting herself and raising her profile than she is in doing what is right and needed for the organization. She talks a big game, uses a lot of big words, and is an eloquent speaker, but she is not ready to lead an organization like the ADA. She completely lost me and much of my peers when she started mandating monthly all staff events where she acted very unprofessionally. At the start of each meeting, she forced every employee to recite a reworded Walmart cheer (her previous employer was Sam's club). Sams Club cheer: Give me a S! Give me an A! Give me a M! Give me a huh! Give me a S! What's that spell? SAM'S Who's number one? The Member! What does the sign say? The sign says you've got to have a membership card to get inside. What are we going to do? Get Sales! Tracey's ADA cheer: Give me an A! Give me a D! Give me an A! What's that spell? ADA! Who's number one? The people that we serve, always! (Some weird grunt) The meeting would proceed with Tracey telling the whole organization how much the revenue goal was missed by that month. Then at the end of each meeting, you'd have to listen to her sing some god awful happy birthday remix into the phone. Needless to say, everyone was extremely uncomfortable during these meetings.