Awesome mission and impact; poor management - Engineering Kiva Employee Review

3.0
6 Aug 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The mission and impact you make working here are unparalleled, and it's a place I'm genuinely proud to work at. People are authentic in their care, and there are awesome people throughout the company. Great flexibility for work-life balance. New CEO is promising and motivating. Pay and benefits are generally less than corporate, but still competitive.

Cons

As mentioned in many reviews, lack of career growth / movement is still a major issue, and (white) men are consistently favored in advancement when it does happen. Management is ineffectual at best and actively preventing innovation and culture improvements at worst. The culture in engineering is extremely senior heavy and often unfriendly for underrepresented groups. There is some desire to change this but, again, blocked by change resistant management, as well as a new CTO that is deprioritizing empathetic leadership and DEI for a more corporate model and mindset. Collaboration between departments has suffered over time, and it's tough to stay connected to the mission when you don't interact with it directly.

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5.0
15 Apr 2025
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
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Pros

Highly mission driven, incredible culture. You feel like you're making a difference.

Cons

Nothing bad to say - lots of change over the years but thriving and exciting to hear about road ahead.

4.0
19 Oct 2025
Anonymous contractor
Recommend
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Pros

Very friendly and welcoming work environment

Cons

Typical for non-profit, but compensation was not great

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