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United States
November 11, 2012    
I worked at AOLA for two years in 2001/2. It was the most unfriendly org to work as staff. At the time we were supposedly producing the highest ever OTs but many left upset as the amount of selling that went on. Working at PAC base in general was a nightmare and this was its crowning jewel. Constant pressure from upper management made otherwise nice staffers into evil dictators all looking out for themselves. At the time the captain of the org would scream and shout at staff even in the public areas, her communicator was a complete bitch and so it went down the org board. May divisions would false report and there were very few liberties or days off. I heard that it got worse... Staff were continually subjected to ethics checks by an ethics office that resmembled the secret police. I am a grown adult that could handle any situation in life. I was reduced to tears on several occasions and it took me a good 5 years to recover my confidence after leaving that utter hell hole. I saw public trapped in an org when they were supposed to have lunch break from study stats false reported due to fear and in my case abuse beyond anything I have ever experienced. Oh and I joined staff to help people!
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Friendly 
 
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Inviting 
 
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Ethical 
 
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Reviewed by starzstuff December 08, 2012
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I worked at AOLA for two years in 2001/2. It was the most unfriendly org to work as staff. At the time we were supposedly producing the highest ever OTs but many left upset as the amount of selling that went on. Working at PAC base in general was a nightmare and this was its crowning jewel. Constant pressure from upper management made otherwise nice staffers into evil dictators all looking out for themselves. At the time the captain of the org would scream and shout at staff even in the public areas, her communicator was a complete bitch and so it went down the org board. May divisions would false report and there were very few liberties or days off. I heard that it got worse... Staff were continually subjected to ethics checks by an ethics office that resmembled the secret police. I am a grown adult that could handle any situation in life. I was reduced to tears on several occasions and it took me a good 5 years to recover my confidence after leaving that utter hell hole. I saw public trapped in an org when they were supposed to have lunch break from study stats false reported due to fear and in my case abuse beyond anything I have ever experienced. Oh and I joined staff to help people!

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