3.0
May 6, 2016
Former employee, more than 10 years
Evanston, IL
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Premier international service organization leveraging acquaintanceship and friendship to do good in the world. Staff are imbued with a sense of mission. Staff were caring and went the extra mile. Volunteers with few exceptions are mission-driven international professionals who appreciate staff. Excellent benefits. Good international experience.
Cons
Ossified command and control management style. Very bureaucratic. Not open to new ideas, very risk averse, and personalistic. Not many admin positions, so non-managers waste time with the minutiae. Management is aware of the silo problem but has done little to address it. Very few defined career paths. Some areas are amazingly competent, but others are not.