Pros
Interesting situations to be involved in.
Cons
Key actors occupying important position or richly remunerated often demonstrate a disconcerting level of incompetence and ignorance. Misguided and incoherent decision making results in a total lack of direction and effeciency, with many continued to get paid while achieving little or nothing. Certain lower level individuals are clearly ill-equipped for their roles. Juniors are provided little to no guidance for their growth. They are either harshly chastised for incompetence (commonly behind their back) or blindly celebrated, where any constructive feedback would be encouraged to be seen as condescending or disrespectful. How you may be treated is a game of chance. But neither helps with your professional development. Pervasive culture of exaggeration. Relentless pursuit of buzzwords and fasionable trends to boost the orgainsation's profile and expand the business, often at the expense of genuine innovation or strategic planning. Hand in hand with this superficial approach is a consistent pattern of disinterest in what the beneficiaries actually need, despite the lip service of survivor oriented approach etc. Local partners are often excluded from important meetings. Work environment, internal and external, seemed friendly on the surface but has a toxic undercurrent of gossip and non-cooperation. Regular exhibition of unfounded and grossly disproportionate disrespect from key actors in important positions to beneficiaries, partner organisations, ally organisations, or current/prior colleagues. Habitual smearing of former colleagues to deflect the responsiblity of extremely high turnover. Implicitly encourage when the employees act antagonistically according to their views by rewarding them with membership to the inner circle of the key actors. The consequent divisive and confrontational atmosphere forces people to choose between discharging their duties in a professional and ethcial way and, simply put, sanity and survival. Chaotic (if existent at all) admin system with a total lack of transparency or accountability. Rules are made up on the spot, purported to exist but not made available, or conveniently interpreted in GRC's favour. Contracts are drafted up with the intention to abuse. Newer recruits are given significantly shorter notice period convenient for swift termination. Court of jurisdiction is set to England and Wales despite no genuine link to the contracting parties or the locale of its execution, mainly to disavantage any mistreated employee to seek judicial remedy, given that the partners are all British barristers.