Great purpose and work in the field, complete lack of effective employee/leadership development - Anonymous employee World Vision USA Employee Review

3.0
Mar 2, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The purpose of the organization and the actual work in developing countries/communities is excellent. Wonderful people on staff who care deeply for the organization and the outcomes of the promised work. Fairly competitive pay with the exception of the executive suite. The organization can't compete with the for-profit sector if you happen to join the executive level.

Cons

Extremely risk averse; constant state of putting out the fire of the moment and solving for the moment with no clearly defined future organizational goals. Executive suite does not listen to nor value the insight of those who work in the trenches. Consistently do the same thing over and over expecting a different result and pressure the staff to deliver. Absolutely no leadership development and promote without defining leadership expectations and culture and make no investment to ensure leaders and managers are successful. Have made some disastrous internal promotion decisions negatively effecting fund-raising outcomes that will take several years to recover from IF appropriate change management is implemented.

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