02/07/2022 10:00 AM EST
With help from Neelam Bohra and Nick Niedzwiadek
PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH: Take a minute to scroll throughthe anonymous Instagram account pulling back the curtain on how the Hill treats its staffers, and it won’t take long to notice a trend: Many of the lawmakers being called out are Democrats, several of whom have dedicated their careers to advocating for things like higher pay, better working conditions and less workplace discrimination.
Morning Shift sat down with a House committee aide to discuss the phenomenon. The staffer has submitted multiple stories to Dear_White_Staffers about their experience working on the Hill — including a salary offer of $34,000 a year that was revoked when they asked if it was negotiable, and a lack of overtime pay despite the fact that “it’s really, truly a a 24/7 job.”
Right now, the staffer lives in affordable housing because they cannot otherwise afford D.C. rent on their Hill salary.
“When I’ve told my managers that … they’re like: ‘Oh yeah, super common for congressional staff. Super common,’” they said. “I’ve never been met with shock. I’ve never been met with: ‘Wait, what?’ It is always a very common practice.”
“It’s hugely hypocritical,” they said. “You have members who are publicly talking about workers’ rights and a living wage and everything — and they don’t pay their interns, or they pay staffers what...
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