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Gates Foundation

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Same challenging place to work as it has always been - Anonymous employee Gates Foundation Employee Review

1.0
Jun 8, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits are outstanding The mission is truly worth while Compensation is fair market or above

Cons

The IT department lacks both leadership and accountability for delivering anything. Leadership sets ambiguous directions or goals and then are overlycritical about the progress or results and blame the team. Senior Management is not interested in the sucess or growth of their employees. The majority of senior management have consultants full time or part time to actually run the teams.

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Pros

Everyone is aligned to the mission. Fantastic benefits.

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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