Company that pretends to care about people but really cares about profit - Senior Associate Palladium Employee Review

1.0
Sep 30, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work environment; abusive/gaslighting directors that continue to be employed leave leeway for you to "misbehave" without any discipline

Cons

Company will preach they are about impact, but they are about profits (hard to avoid when you are a for-profit company). If they were about impact, the projects pursued would be different and varied beyond USAID-only (since USAID is one of the only funders where Palladium's egregious indirect costs are acceptable). Leadership will say they are "working on dealing with" high-level employees who continuously abuse/gaslight their mainly female team members, but they actually are not, since people who bring in business but abuse employees are prioritized over the health and sanity of said employees. Company's systems are archaic and disorganized, processes are not transparent and you won't even know who to ask if you have any questions anyway. Most US-based staff show little respect for field country offices and staff which creates an uncomfortable work environment. Company also says they care about equity, however "equity" is defined by Palladium and does not align with the actual concept of equity, and there is no path for recourse if you feel you are being compensated inequitably.

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5.0
May 22, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

great work environment; supportive environment; lots of professional development

Cons

not a lot of job growth for everyone (only a few director roles, and not many women were in leadership roles); annoying that to get promoted you had to apply to an open position instead of getting a cycle promotion, which was more difficult to get.

4.0
Apr 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Kind, smart and thoughtful colleagues

Cons

Limited funding and growth due to changes in federal funding

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