Pros
I’ve had the pleasure of working at Charitybuzz since the spring of 2017. In my time here, I’ve had the opportunity to wear many different hats, including account management, business development, and customer service. It’s a relatively small office and given the nature of the work, you will have to collaborate across different teams and departments to get most things done. Everyone in the office takes the commitment to charity seriously and strives to execute their work. Given the fact that it's a fairly small team, being able to work autonomously is critical. Especially on the business development side. There just isn’t that much hand holding and the on-boarding and training period was fairly short. In the near 3 years that I’ve been here, a lot has changed and I’m excited to see what the future holds.
Cons
At first I definitely encountered some challenges, having transitioned from a large, publicly traded tech company. Charitybuzz is a much smaller company, and as such, has more limited resources. This isn’t a net negative per se, it just means that the leadership has to be very careful and thoughtful before committing to new initiatives and can’t pilot too many new ideas at once. There is definitely a commitment at the senior level to innovating and trying new things though and I’ve felt like my ideas and suggestions are taken seriously.