Gain experience here and get out - Anonymous employee FairVote Employee Review

2.0
Apr 5, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity to work with intelligent, fun people on a fresh and interesting issue. Some benefits, like the metro card and weekly lunches, are nice. A great place to be entry-level-- as the place is essentially run by 20-somethings and the staff is stretched thin, you'll immediately get substantial experience to put on your resume for your next job.

Cons

The executive level mainly focuses their time on bringing money in, so they're not very connected to the day-to-day operations of the organization. Thus, unreasonable expectations are often placed on the staff, and dissent is discouraged. The ED is weirdly adversarial toward groups/political scientists who disagree with the organization's proposals. He's been reluctant to assign quantitative projects to female research staffers, which is hilariously ironic giving the organization's main program built around empowering woman candidates. FairVote has hemorrhaged staff lately, placing a heavy burden on the remaining team. Attempts to hire replacements have been slow.

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Pros

Interesting work and supportive team

Cons

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5.0
Jun 11, 2016
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Recommend
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Pros

Relatively lean operation with flatish structure means all hands are on deck, and you can get exposure to meaningful work. Everyone in the organization is passionate, intelligent, and engaged. Work-life balance is very strong as well.

Cons

Since the mission is fairly outside the mainstream, things can seem like an exercise in futility when your work doesn't gain any traction or start any conversation on the Web at large. Management can be stretched too thin and is overworked, which can create problems.

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