Pros
The disorganization affords junior staff opportunities to take on tasks and develop skills above their paygrade, which they might not otherwise encounter at a more hierarchical workplace. The organization is broadly recognized and often partners with other organizations in the field, which afford junior staff exposure to other career opportunities.
Cons
The organization is so disorganized to the point of being dysfunctional. Senior staff are too stressed to provide any support to junior staff on projects, and the turnover is so severe that staff at all levels are constantly overworked. Handoffs are an absolute mess. Senior staff are not receptive to feedback and do not accept ownership or accountability for their words or actions, whether related to management styles (or lack thereof) or the utter and overwhelming lack of meaningful diversity, equity, and inclusion at the organization. HR is contracted out and relatively inaccessible to staff except under special circumstances. Senior staff openly voice ableist and trans-erasive ideas with no regard for staff well-being, nor the impact on the organization's so-called "mission." Senior staff routinely insist SGA is a great place to work despite copious feedback to the contrary, including a class-action letter authored collaboratively by junior staff which to date received no response after almost a year. The concept of intersectionality is openly disparaged by the CEO, and the CEO routinely ignores emails from staff, including emails pertaining to contracts and grants, to the detriment of workplace efficiency and morale.