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Wikimedia Foundation

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A mixed bag - Senior Manager Wikimedia Foundation Employee Review

3.0
Feb 28, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- Diverse, global staff - Benefits are fantastic - Many days off (not including vacation) - Inspiring mission, cool work - Great new CEO

Cons

- WMF is evolving in many ways and this takes time (there is an almost entirely new C-Suite). - The relationship between the Foundation and Community of editors (which is critical for Wikipedia to thrive) is still an open wound and it will take a long time to build trust. This hinders a lot of the development and growth that both the staff and community would like to see. Things that happened in the past still haunt the org and new leaders are working hard to fix some sub-par decisions that had been made. - The org still struggles with accountability. While improvements have been made and new leaders seem really promising, if bad managers and leaders aren't held accountable, nothing changes.

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5.0
Jan 29, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Good place .. people are always willing to help, remote first

Cons

Not much to be honest

4.0
Sep 26, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

- 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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