Techsoup is a wonderful organization that does great things around the world. It also is a place that is 100% disconnected from its mission. It’s all about revenue. It is a business parading about pretending to be a nonprofit. The VPs are totally committed to only themselves and do not care about front line or junior employees. Crazily, they know all of this and don’t care, they promoted a person who was so ineffective and had so many complaints and issues that they were replaced and moved to a position with no supervision responsibilities and then turned around and promoted them to VP? Unfortunately, failing up is not uncommon. The founder and voting board member works 2 days a month but yet makes a $200,000 salary (check their 990) all while they have announced no raises now or in the future (there is supposedly a bonus system coming?). Speaking of the founder – seeing the negativity on Glassdoor he has been pressuring people around the office to post positive reviews to counter the truth on the reviews section, I heard this with my own ears. The CEOs staff runs around belittling people and calling them names while barking they they are a "leader" and keeps getting promoted. It is all very sad. It is a nice place with a great mission but they shut down the creation of new programs or new ideas to become a nonprofit (for nonprofits – they are strongly pro profit) Staples. Staples is probably a more pleasant place to work. So out of touch. So stogy. Run, honestly, run.
