Great colleagues, great mission, great atmosphere and great benefits. Lots of interesting trainings and guest speakers available on campus
Cons
Always feel like the dumb one in the room, quite stressful and low pay for support positions. Managers not always trained in management skills. Limited advancement opportunities.
Gates Foundation Response
9y
Thanks so much for your helpful feedback. I appreciate both the positive feedback and the areas for improvement. As you likely know, there is a renewed focus on our management training and leadership development. In addition, we will be looking at the how we can better define what it takes to have a career at the foundation since as you note, it is an organization with a great mission. Thanks.
Mission-based work
Diverse, passionate employee base
Healthcare benefit
Parental leave and support
Unlimited PTO
Cons
Poor work-life balance
Perfectionist culture
Unreasonable expectations with working hours
High levels of burnout
Retaliation for setting boundaries with working hours
Culture resistant to prioritization of work