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      3.7

      62% would recommend to a friend

      (561 total reviews)
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      Mark Suzman

      81% approve of CEO

      70% positive business outlook

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      4.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      Gates Foundation has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 561 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gates Foundation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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      561 reviews
      4.0
      Jun 26, 2015

      Innovative Environment

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      impactful and challenging work, strong community of intelligent colleagues, good work life balance

      Cons

      overly consensus driven - lack of decision making, frustrating processes

      4.0
      Jun 22, 2015

      Gates Foundation

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Mission of the foundation is easy to get behind - all lives have equal value. Work with good people. Health clinic on site, focus on sustainability

      Cons

      No direct bus routes decision making either drawn out or not thought thoroughly through may involve a lot of travel for certain positions

      3.0
      Jun 21, 2015

      Prepare for bureaucracy if you work here.

      Senior analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Benefits package is outstanding. Some genuinely nice people. The belief that what you are doing is truly helping to save the world. Beautiful offices and landscaping. Onsite fitness gym and food (food is not free).

      Cons

      Continual hiring of individuals only for their field/specialty talent results in individuals in key roles who have no experience or interest with people management, career development, technology, or communication skills beyond the grantees. The framework (of how teams report upwards) and executive leadership continues to operate in a clunky old-boys club fashion. Considering how dismal morale is across the entire company, I and many others believe that change is currently underway; however, the change is being done in such a mean, rapid, and secretive state that many current employees such as myself are meant to feel like pawns. The family feeling that once existed as vanished and there is no hope of it coming back. Bill and Melinda have not been present.

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