Pros
When I joined the foundation ~ 2 years ago, I hardly understood the impact it would have on my life, both personally and professionally. I have never met a more passionate, kind and humble group of people. I feel privileged and honored to have stood by your side and call you my colleague. Even though my time there was short - I wouldn't trade it for the world! This is one of the best jobs in this world and we are so blessed to be able to be part of this mission. Pros include: 1. Surrounded by some of the most talented and caring people on this planet. 2. Great work life balance with competitive salary and benefits. The benefits are almost too good. 3. Opportunity to work on the the toughest problems in this world. 4. Incredibly humbling to work for Bill and Melinda Gates. They are a huge inspiration to this world. 5. Making this world a better place for many generations to come. 6. CEO, Sue is very inspiring and doing a great job at running the org.
Cons
Overall, the foundation is a phenomenal place. Here are some areas for development. 1. I really wish there were company wide OKRs to be shared x-foundation. The teams / departments felt siloed. 2. Program ELT are very "formal" and it was difficult to connect with them as people. I felt like I needed a PHD in every subject on this planet from an Ivy League institution to even understand them during Org wide All Hands. 3. Instill pay for performance to motivate teams to work better together. 4. Over collaboration: When working on programs / projects, the foundation tends to over collaborate and ensures that feedback from every person and use case is taken into consideration. This makes it difficult to launch systems, processes, etc.
