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Canvasser - Canvasser Working Families Employee Review

1.0
Jun 13, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

They have all-gender bathrooms. The recruiters, etc, were nice, which unfortunately is not a substitute for giving you an actual, doable, lasting job.

Cons

The canvasser job is not real. It is temporary, precarious labor. It is the worst job in the world. It's completely demoralizing. You will literally work there for a few weeks or a month tops because the quota is simply not reachable for a normal human being who doesn't feel comfortable harassing and coercing random people on the street. It is entirely hypocritical for WFP to be a "progressive" organization that uses precarious labor like this. Not to mention, electing more Democrats is not going to fix this broken, broken world, because Democrats are already the ones doing half the work to hold this terrible system in place. Only real grassroots action can make real progressive change, and WFP is not that.

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5.0
May 26, 2022
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Pros

Great people. Fun, new experiences.

Cons

Long hours. But okay and nice.

4.0
Oct 7, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Overall, it's a great company with worthwhile goals and a realistic understanding of how to get them. As a canvaser, one is allowed to a great degree of personal responsibility in their work, with relatively little oversight. Basically, your supervisors drive you somewhere, you eat lunch, and you knock on doors. There's relatively little chance of failure, so it's pretty rewarding, and it's mostly older people so it's nice to see that the senile aren't always so curmudgeon.

Cons

It is VERY DISORGANIZED. There is no clock in or clock out system. There is no real training. There is relatively little job security. The supervisors can be passive aggressive and upset when unexpressed expectations are failed to be met. Meetings are held in hallways.

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