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program assistant - Anonymous employee Gates Foundation Employee Review

4.0
Dec 19, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great colleagues, great mission, great atmosphere and great benefits. Lots of interesting trainings and guest speakers available on campus

Cons

Always feel like the dumb one in the room, quite stressful and low pay for support positions. Managers not always trained in management skills. Limited advancement opportunities.

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Gates Foundation Response
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Thanks so much for your helpful feedback. I appreciate both the positive feedback and the areas for improvement. As you likely know, there is a renewed focus on our management training and leadership development. In addition, we will be looking at the how we can better define what it takes to have a career at the foundation since as you note, it is an organization with a great mission. Thanks.

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