Many of the club’s staff and certain members are abusively treating camp workers; some with assault, defamation comments, and anti-gay smears. Been assaulted two times as a worker… know the names, locations, dates, and times of all events.(This is personal knowledge and fact) Currently the grove is running a purging of hippies, gays, anti-establishment, anti-conservative perceived liberals. The management team uses internal construction projects to harass and haze staff, most recent is a 2 plus year electrification project where they closed roads, and access to camps, and simultaneously high rates of camp staff lost their jobs at the same time. Intentional infliction of emotional distress used as a weapon. This coincides with a since 1980 purging of old redwood trees, bay trees, oaks, and manzanitas.(This is published fact). Healthy forest inititive, if it moves destroy it. Both the deforestation and the internal population purgings, mimick the conservative policy and treatment towards creating a world free of «them» and«those others» who aren’t like their«ditto» selves, beclad in polo or owl logo shirts, repleat with matching bmw, mercedes, landrover, porsche, or other carbon producing anti-earth vehicle. Cheap tippers, who hide behind a club-mandated no tip policy to service workers who survive on their gratuities received. This policy is bold-printed on their Jinks and Encampment program of events, every year.(This is published fact). General manager paid $ 564,000 a year to work(this is published fact) ~1900 hours and receive a pension, healthcare benefits, and get paid to sip wine, while camp managers who work 1600 hours a year on 4 events and 60– 24⁄7 days, might make $ 10,000−15,000 a year. Every 10 years the General Manager makes $ 5,640,000) the camp manager makes $ 100,000-$ 150,000. Members leave the events without paying their staff. 1st year worked, had to beg for wages earned 2 months after the last event. Workers work 24⁄7 in the camps with little breaks or meal periods(this is personal knowledge and fact). Club staff haze and harass camp staff, boss them around like they own them. Many members are subtle discrete drunkards, start drinking at morning with the gin fizz at sunup, and move into prelunch mixers, then wine or beer for the mid-day meal, followed up with a «traveler» drink for the road and back to the camp for a late afternoon martini, beer or other beverage, before heading to dinner to swig back a few glasses of vino, and it’s off to the evening show or back to camp for a shot or so of whiskey. WHENWASTHELASTTIME A COMMANMANWENTTO A RESTAURANT, DIDN’T LEAVETHEWAITER A GRATUITY, KICKEDTHEMANSERVINGTHEMEAL, ANDLEFTWITHOUTPAYING?
Katrina G.
Place rating: 2 Cambridge, MA
I am so over Bohemian Grove. Owl statue, sex orgies, human sacrifice – SNORE. It’s like going to Burning Man with your dad. The food’s pretty decent.
J. W.
Place rating: 5 Sausalito, CA
Sounds like the other reviewer hasn’t ever been to the Grove. Doesn’t that make it an invalid review? A friend took me to a picnic event(open to the public) there this weekend and we had a great time. The trees are amazing and I was told it is the largest private redwood grove in the world. It was like Muir Woods, but without the tourists. Some of the members of the club performed and they were quite good. We had a great time.