Pros
Lower level staff who work here are dedicated to the mission and are thoughtful about and committed to their work.
Cons
NEDA is centered on maintaining Board privilege, not on helping people with eating disorders. In response to community concern that they were in a leadership crisis and doing nothing to help marginalized groups, the Board hired two toxic white women to run the organization further into the ground. Staff are overworked even for a nonprofit and morale is at an all-time low. Management in the past has focused on gaslighting lower level employees into feeling responsible for outcomes that were directly related to a lack of Board leadership and lack of clear vision for the org. Current interim leadership doesn't have even a basic understanding of eating disorders or mental health issues, saying things in meetings like "My anorexic daughter weighs X pounds" and "I would kill myself if I had to …” This is who was hired to replace the talented staff members who were let go in what was a disorganized, ill-thought out chain of events. This organization is for and maintained by rich white people. Interim leadership is fatphobic and dysfunctional. Staff is thrown crumbs and expected to work 18 hour days. There is also an incredibly toxic staff member who deliberately tries to sabotage coworkers. It creates an exhausting if not impossible environment for those who are forced to interact with them even on menial tasks. There was at one time some semblance of work-life balance with this org, but that has gone out the window with the loss of the former CEO. The one pro of NEDA burning to the ground is that there may be more money and resources available to leaders in the field who are committed to doing meaningful work.