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Program Assistant - Anonymous employee Gates Foundation Employee Review

4.0
Oct 13, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

BMGF has a great mission and vision and the majority.

Cons

A rare few of the Program Officers were unreasonable and difficult to please, using the program assistants as personal assistants even though this was warned about by senior staff.

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Gates Foundation Response
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Thank you so much for taking the time to provide your review. I am sorry that you experienced a few Program Officers that were difficult to work with. As you likely know, we are working very hard to continue to evolve our culture as well as provide guidance to managers on their role with their teams. If you'd like to share more details, please don't hesitate to reach out to me directly. pam.yanchik@gatesfoundation.org

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