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Gates Foundation

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senior programme officer - Anonymous employee Gates Foundation Employee Review

4.0
Dec 20, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Amazing opportunity to work on very interesting projects, with smart people and for noble purposes.

Cons

Very political environment, where criticism is not promoted or tolerated. Measurement Learning and Evaluation used to be a strong part of the process but this has been lost to some extent .

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Mission-based work Diverse, passionate employee base Healthcare benefit Parental leave and support Unlimited PTO

Cons

Poor work-life balance Perfectionist culture Unreasonable expectations with working hours High levels of burnout Retaliation for setting boundaries with working hours Culture resistant to prioritization of work

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