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Gates - Anonymous employee Gates Foundation Employee Review

3.0
Apr 28, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great mission, high quality talent, amazing resources

Cons

High prioritization of strategy at the expense of a parallel emphasis on execution

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Thanks so much for your review. I appreciate your insights and hope that you are seeing positive changes since your wrote this review.

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