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Cascade AIDS Project Reviews

Updated January 12, 2018
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  1. "Great Place! Great Mission!"

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    Current Employee - Front Line Staff in Portland, OR
    Current Employee - Front Line Staff in Portland, OR
    Recommends
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Cascade AIDS Project full-time (More than 5 years)

    Pros

    Great workplace, awesome people, terrific mission

    Cons

    Can be stressful and long hours on occasion


  2. "The real"

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    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Portland, OR
    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Portland, OR
    Doesn't Recommend
    Positive Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Cascade AIDS Project full-time (More than a year)

    Pros

    Great co-workers and fun atmosphere.

    Cons

    No raises and lots of responsibility

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  4. "Review"

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    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
    Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
    Doesn't Recommend
    Negative Outlook
    Approves of CEO

    I have been working at Cascade AIDS Project part-time

    Pros

    The volunteers are amazing, as are the front line staff who work for the organization

    Cons

    Communication going downstream from the top are not good.


  5. Helpful (1)

    "Needs Improvement"

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    Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
    Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
    Doesn't Recommend
    No opinion of CEO

    I worked at Cascade AIDS Project full-time

    Pros

    CAP does great work in the HIV+ community. Their housing program is large and well staffed.

    Cons

    CAP is not the safest or most accepting place to work for a person of color or for trans-identified folks. This being some of their target populations to serve as well...

    Advice to Management

    Management needs to start listening to the people on the front lines and valuing their expertise and the knowledge of those who have been there the longest.


  6. "Great benefits and important work!"

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    Former Employee - Case Manager in Portland, OR
    Former Employee - Case Manager in Portland, OR
    Recommends
    Neutral Outlook

    I worked at Cascade AIDS Project full-time (More than a year)

    Pros

    Incredible benefits, unionized, management is supportive of you taking time off for mental health.

    Cons

    For me the case management work was difficult - people in serious need and difficulty in getting them the support they deserve.


  7. Helpful (3)

    "Disappointment and Mendacity"

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    Former Employee - Not Safe to Disclose in Portland, OR
    Former Employee - Not Safe to Disclose in Portland, OR
    Doesn't Recommend
    Negative Outlook
    Disapproves of CEO

    I worked at Cascade AIDS Project full-time (More than a year)

    Pros

    The community members living with HIV are some of the most dynamic and resilient people you may ever meet. Working with those who are still suffering profoundly impacts your deeply and personally. CAP has a mostly young vibe and the work is interesting due to its complex nature. Downtown location is convenient.

    Cons

    Management is hostile to the union represented staff. The organization only works with a narrow part of the community yet markets something different to look more comprehensive than it is. Much of upper management is threatened by change, is conflict avoidant to the point of dysfunction and is retaliatory when confronted. Often, people with poor skills are promoted to leadership and this creates frustration and a …  sense of unfairness highlighting backroom agreements meant to undermine. Morale is dreadful. In the past few years most staff have been fired, pressured to leave, or asked to work with compromised ethics. Gay, black, HIV+, and trans identified staff have been systematically marginalized. CAP treated HIV+ staff as second class citizens, ignored client request for change, and silences critics. If you go against CAP, even if justified, you will find it hard to work in the HIV community in Portland. The board is completely distant from the staff and the clients being served, and act condescending and unhelpful. You would think if 50% of the staff leave in a few months time, it might be a wake up call that there are big problems that can't be dismissed as "disgruntled" staff. Since CAP is the only game in town for HIV related needs, they have no checks and balances and no accountability when they injure the community they are claiming they serve.Show More

    Advice to Management

    Stop displaying images and raising money through deception. Admit you do not serve the community at large and close your doors. CAP is not about HIV anymore, it's about retaining jobs and keeping people working at the expense of programing and directives that empower. If you want to be a LGBTQ health center then so be it, but do not pretend you are helping people living with HIV, because you are not. You are only focusing on addicts and the mentally ill. Also, an LGBTQ health group or HIV group with no gay or HIV+ leaders, or people of color managing direct services means you will be just like any other colonized public health care model that delivers incompetent care. The community does not need public health zombies, we have them already. We also do not need tokenized minorities to cover for the heteronormative, white, middle class faux professionalism that is the root of the HIV pandemic to begin with, and abundantly present in CAP management's ranks. There is a big problem when the public adores you and your clients and the community you claim to serve would rather go without then be at the mercy of a place they distrust and dislike.Show Less


  8. "A wonderful place to work!"

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    Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
    Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

    Pros

    Great supervision, passion, and colleagues

    Cons

    There are almost no cons to working here!