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Low Morale at Entry Level - Program Associate The Carter Center Employee Review

3.0
Jul 11, 2019
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Pros

Great and Interesting Work Cost of Living in ATL better than DC

Cons

Little to no upward mobility Poor Middle management (The Center hires area experts as managers, instead of people with management experience)

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5.0
Jan 5, 2026
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Pros

Fantastic people, they really care about professional development

Cons

Each team is quite different so make sure to ask good questions in the interview

1.0
Jun 30, 2026
Anonymous contractor
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Pros

Wonderful people, nice building, always a lot going on

Cons

- Employee morale is abysmal. There's a lot of people and all they talk about is how much The Carter Center sucks. Constant venting is the only way to get through it, but that's a terrible mental health environment to be in. - Temp program is not temporary. People will "temp" in a full time capacity for up to 3 years without receiving PTO, healthcare, or basic job security, all to save a few bucks so management can fly first class to Europe. Shocking that this is legal (?) - Public job descriptions are lies. They'll make you do whatever they want whenever they want. - Junior staff (even those receiving benefits) are underpaid $10 to 20k - The work is mostly for show. Hardly anyone actually helps the world. It's just a vanity project to get on panels and make speeches in flashy places. - Zero professional boundaries. Zero job training. Zero employee support. Everyone is set up for failure. - Toxic HR that will bully you into accepting your lot, (rumored to) ignore sexual harassment claims, refuse to put anything in writing, and gas light away your complaints, all with a big smile. - Employees are talked down to and ignored to the point of ruining their self confidence, trapping them in a horrible situation that they think they can't ever get out of. Many don't. It's really sad. Just quit - there's millions of other jobs and I promise you're worth more than how they make you feel.

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