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Wikimedia Foundation

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Great, mission-focused nonprofit - Community Advocate Wikimedia Foundation Employee Review

5.0
Aug 14, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Working alongside highly motivated and hard-working people. Plenty of opportunity to grow and engage with departments that aren't your own, and plenty of diverse opinions and ideas across the whole movement.

Cons

Can be difficult to properly balance work and life (though efforts are being made to this end).

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Wikimedia Foundation Response
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Thank you so much for posting this review! We offer opportunities to learn and collaborate with staff in all areas of the organization. We are constantly thinking of new ways to engage staff in cross-departmental projects and discussions as we believe that doing so fosters creativity, and emphasizes our commitment to a collaborative and diverse culture. Work/life balance means a lot to us. Your feedback indicates there is potential for improvement here. While we make a consistent effort to collaborate with staff on the benefits we offer, your feedback is important and we will keep this in mind as we re-visit the flexible & remote-work schedules as well as time-off benefits we offer. Thanks again!

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- Health insurance is fully paid for by Wikimedia, even for dependents. - HSA is almost fully funded by Wikimedia to IRS maximum amounts. - 4% 401k match. - People are very friendly and the culture is very positive. - Remote first workplace.

Cons

- Wikimedia LOVES meetings. We have meetings about meetings. Way too many meetings compared to industry standard. - Understaffed and under budgeted. Teams are asked to do more with less. We operate like a tech company, but without the budget due to being a non-profit. We're asked to meet specific initiatives, but also cut costs. Those two things do not always coincide. - People can get away with not working on par with the rest of their team/colleagues. Some junior level employees don't always try their hardest to learn and grow and instead escalate to senior level employees even though it may be a very junior level task. - Work life balance could be better. Sometimes I'm contacted outside of working hours. - Sick time and vacation time is very limited. Having a family you can run out of sick time very quickly when you need to take off to take car of others and yourself. - Low pay compared to industry standard or other tech comapnies.

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