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Gates Foundation

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Don't waste your time - Anonymous employee Gates Foundation Employee Review

1.0
Mar 29, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Mission, Great medical benefits and retirement, interesting guest speakers who are famous, free food, convenient location, great Xmas party and summer picnic.

Cons

Don't expect the right things to get done and don't expect skilled management. Management here leaves little to be desired. Not only are they incapable of basic management tasks they have no idea of the technology they manage. Think Lord of the Flies live daily. Management does not support their direct reports either professionally or personally. Work/life balance could be improved if processes were improved. Avoid interacting with the Director of Computing and Network Operations and Network Services Manager.

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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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