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Gates Foundation

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True mission driven org - Anonymous employee Gates Foundation Employee Review

5.0
24 Jan 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Impact, opportunity, community, ambition, learning

Cons

Intense, expectations, career path, removed

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Gates Foundation Response
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Thanks so much for your timely review. I'd love to chat with you about career path if you'd be willing. We have a lot more career opportunities than many employees realize but I'd love to hear directly from you on how you are seeing this. pam.yanchik@gatesfoundation.org

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