Pros
The greatest assets of PolicyLink are the incredibly smart, capable, and passionate co-workers doing amazing work for a great cause. It's why I stayed as long as I did. The salary was decent for the nonprofit sector with great benefits and time off.
Cons
The biggest challenge was the flat hierarchy that led to senior management not being able to advocate for their teams' needs. The CEO exhibits founder's syndrome that has caused incredible unhappiness amongst the staff. There's talk of open dialogue, which when it does happen, is immediately or eventually shut down when problems and negative feedback is brought up. Lastly, the "family"-oriented culture prevents ineffective/incompetent staff (both senior and middle) from being let go and resulting in increasing dissatisfaction and talented staff leaving.