Pros
Pay is higher on average in comparison to competitors and like-minded orgs. There are some truly brilliant and friendly folks working at Internews, especially those based at its field offices. Culture is laidback (e.g. wearing jeans on Monday is normal, most people are encouraged to work home on Fridays, frequent happy hours).
Cons
Internews prizes itself on being women-led and “inclusive”. But how inclusive are you really if you only have 5 people of color (in an office of 70 staff) working at your headquarters in DC? Given that one of its missions is to promote the voices of minorities abroad, it’s a shame that this value isn’t reflected in both management and non-management. From personal observation, this isn’t the most pleasant environment for ethnic minorities given the prevalence of microaggressions that are casually written off or dismissed as simply jokes. Supervisors do not receive proper training in managing people. HR genuinely seems to care for employees but is heavily understaffed.