Classic "bro-culture/cliques" and leadership needs assessment - Anonymous employee StartOut Employee Review

2.0
Jul 21, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The mission is ideal for change coming from the general community and brings in a forefront of helping LGBTQ+ founders.

Cons

The management needs a reevaluation since both ED and COO (both white Europeans) lack leadership skills and needs proper assessment in leadership and inclusion training to effectively change culture, diversity, and ways of working with your employees. Also, no room to further your career once you're part of the organization. In regards to the organization, the current leadership and board of directors is just a façade of your typical "bro" culture where it's not the most diverse or inclusive group - i.e. you can check the team profiles. Also, the issue with BIPOC people has a feeling of being tokenized and given "for showcase" vibes.

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5.0
Oct 23, 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- coworkers are very supportive and interested in doing the right thing - good mission - staff and volunteers are truly and genuinely committed - remote workforce with a few in-person activities

Cons

- typical challenges of nonprofits due to lack of budget and bandwidth to do everything we would like to do, lots of work to be done and not enough funds to do it and spread out the work amongst people

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4.0
Sep 1, 2025
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Pros

StartOut rocks because of the people.

Cons

I have come to learn, I am not best suited for remote work.

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