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Gates Foundation

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An amazing place ... with some challenges - Deputy Director Gates Foundation Employee Review

3.0
Apr 21, 2013
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Pros

You will never work with a more talented and accomplished group of peers who share a deep commitment to a common goal. There are amazing people here.

Cons

The organizational and management culture is challenging: a self-imposed emphasis on speed with rapid cycles of rethinking seem, in some strategies at least, to result in lots of false starts. On the team I joined, we had a very high turnover rate, especially at the higher levels, which was frustrating.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Mission-based work Diverse, passionate employee base Healthcare benefit Parental leave and support Unlimited PTO

Cons

Poor work-life balance Perfectionist culture Unreasonable expectations with working hours High levels of burnout Retaliation for setting boundaries with working hours Culture resistant to prioritization of work

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