Pros
Creative, smart, dedicated, and mission-driven staff. Excellent conservation practitioners and partners. Fantastic benefits.
Cons
Not an environment where People of Color (POC), LGBTQ+, or women thrive. Leadership has been aware of the significant departure of tenured, talented staff, but still has its head in the sand. Each loss is justified as a one-off, rather than a trend. Fear of retaliation for reporting inappropriate or discriminatory behavior prevails. When the behavior is shared with senior leaders, it is shrugged off and dismissed. Acknowledged as not ideal, but generally reframed as harmless boys' club culture. Black employees are asked to advance, lead, or develop diversity initiatives without compensation or changes to job responsibilities. Lacks transparency. Data related to how staff are retained, promoted, or compensated is not shared with staff or managers in any way that is helpful -- as a supervisor hoping to retain or engage staff, or as an employee hoping to know what is possible re: career advancement. Predominantly white, male board seems oblivious to (or tolerant of) the Fund's current culture and operating environment.