Complaint Review: Brian Leonard Manning

Watch out for Brian Leonard Manning, a hiring manager who posts Help Wanted ads in craigslist looking to hire interns, Jobs for Social Justice. I applied for this internship without realizing it didn’t pay anything. Manning even refused to pay for bus fare going to his office located in Carmichael, demanding that I pay for bus fare out of pocket. When I declined to show up, Brian Leonard Manning left a nasty message on my answering machine. Two months later, he spoke to me on the phone and verbally chewed me out, accusing me of lacking dedication for not showing up this fake job interview. I deserve to be spoken to with respect and insist upon getting paid money for my labor, and not work for Credo Mobile, a multi-million dollar corporation which professes to believe in progressive liberal causes—such as a fifteen dollar an hour living wage job for McDonald’s workers--yet demands its own interns work around the clock for nothing, five days a week.

Manning is currently in Portland working as an organizer for Greenpeace. If you see those Help Wanted ad in craigslist Fighting for Social Justice, please ignore this idiot and don’t waste your time. You don’t want to put up with a verbally abusive tangent from Manning like I did.