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Gates Foundation

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Stressful job and mean people - Anonymous employee Gates Foundation Employee Review

2.0
Jun 16, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great new campus and bike lockers

Cons

1st year you will spend 70 hours per week working. The 2nd not much less. Support of management for consultants is more than the full time employees. Management support a mean culture that take people down. In most cases it is the full time employees that suffers the most. Not a good environment for the long term. If you have family don't work here.

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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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