If I could give it a NEGATIVE 5 I would
If I could give it a NEGATIVE 5 I most definitely would. Do not volunteer with this company because the hostels that come on to it are trying to skirt around labor laws in their own country. They also have terrible customer service that is not quick even if you pay for the membership. I used this stupid platform to go to albania. The hostel i went to has NO paid employee's and is ran ONLY by people from the worldpackers website. The host was aggressive, disrespectful, didn't provide adequate food for 100 degree whether, assigned tasks that required 2 to 3 people, only made women do all the cleaning, made women work double shifts and made women who needed to be in all women dorms due to their hijab stay in mixed dorms and on top of ALL of that we were put in the hottest room in the hostel, with no a/c and fans that barely worked or did not work at all. I only lasted 2 days at the hostel because after the first day of work i told him i would not be able to stay the full 2 month stay i booked with him because the work was too much and I would not be able to do it. He got aggressive and picked a fight with me yelling at the top of his lungs infront of the other volunteers and guests. I lasted 2 days and left, when i put in for the "world packers protection" they told me i should have talked to him about the work and should not have left. EVEN THOUGH i did not feel safe and he was overly aggressive and yelled at me infront of other people. So apparently i should have gotten into another verbal altercation with a man in a different country. When i asked for a supervisor to evaluate the denial Bruna Mendes said her decision is final and there was no need. When i went to do a review, i was denied the opportunity to review the hostel because the hostel owner said i didn't show up. EVEN THOUGH world packers changed my departure date from 10/27 to 08/10. I arrived on 08/07. She said without proof there is nothing she can do. DO NOT USE THIS PLATFORM, IT IS A SCAM AND UNSAFE. I have had more luck finding Amazing hostels and volunteer experiences by reaching out to places directly. It's just a way for people to get free labor and the company does not protect you when things go wrong. They don't even ensure you are in a suitable livable accomodation. They also remove or don't let you review hostels honestly.