Pros
Before I began working at PPSO I has a high opinion of PPSO and Planned Parenthood in general. I had dreamed of working with Planned Parenthood in some capacity since I was in middle school. It took less than 2 months for me to lose all respect that I have for Planned Parenthood and the individuals who work at PPSO. During my interview process, everyone I interviewed with was extremely polite and friendly. All the staff members I met seemed to be genuinely excited about hiring me onto the team. During the interview process I was very upfront about the fact that I didn't live in Oregon, and would have to relocate myself and my family for this position. I was repeatedly told this was not an issue, and was even guaranteed relocation assistance as part of my offer letter. My manager even connected me with their sister-in-law who is a relator to help my family and I find a place to live. I began working for PPSO remotely, as I needed time to finalize my moving plans and secure housing, and at first, everything seemed great. The team I was a part of was (in the beginning) extremely friendly and helpful. I was even emailed a week before my start date by my manager who said “If there is anything we can do to support you. You are our community now.”
Cons
Not even two weeks into my employment I was pulled into a meeting, under false pretenses, with my direct manager and my assistant manager. I had requested this meeting, as there was a section in my offer letter that I wanted some clarification on. Instead of discussing this, the meeting almost entirely was my manager and assistant manager telling me that I needed to consider the ‘feasibility’ of my continued employment at PPSO. I was told that I would most likely need to adjust my hours to better meet the organization's needs and account for the time zone difference. I told both individuals that I would be willing to be flexible (within reason) and that I was extremely committed to my position and work at PPSO. Following this meeting, I requested, via email, that my managers relay to me what hours they would like me to work in order to best meet the needs of PPSO. I was never given any information regarding what changes they wanted me to make. Regardless, I continued to do my work. Even after the aforementioned meeting, I was consistently praised by my lead manager both in private and in team meetings, for the quality of my work and how crucial the work I was doing was to the organization. Despite the hiccups and a few odd conversations, everything seemed to be going well. On January 10th, 2023 I had a meeting with my manager so that we could discuss some questions I had regarding a specific task I was working on. My manager clarified some information for me, once again praised the work I was doing, and thanked me for my diligence, and then we ended our meeting. 3 hours later I had another meeting with both my manager and my assistant manager; this was supposed to be one of my routine weekly check-ins. However, as soon as the meeting started my manager told me that “this isn’t working out”. They never said the word fired, they never said I was being let go, they said ‘terminated’ once in the whole meeting and just kept repeating that “this isn’t going to work out”. I asked why, if there was something I had done or a reason I was being fired. The only explanation given? “This isn’t going to work out”. My manager looked at me as I was crying and shaking and asked me if I still had the boxes my equipment came in, and proceeded to ‘think out loud’ about how they were going to get me to ship the equipment back. To the issues I raised regarding equity, all they said was, in a monotone voice, “you may not believe it right now but we are sorry”. I was told during onboarding that PPSO's retention rates were low - this is why.