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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
      1.0
      Mar 25, 2015

      Besides Rigor, Collaboration, and Optimism, and Innovation - you could add Humility. It is lacking a great deal...

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Want to get things done? Its who you know and how you stroke their ego. Benefits are great.

      Cons

      Still an "Old Boys Club", as in "It's who you know". Positions in leadership rarely get opened up to staff and others outside of the org. It is given to people who are the most vocal, stroke peoples egos, and play the political games.

      4.0
      Mar 17, 2015

      3 years at Gates

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great mission and motivated people. Everyone is truly there because they believe in the work that the foundation is doin

      Cons

      It is a difficult place to have a career. Promotions are rare. The skills you learn aren't necessarily transferrable to other companies.

      3.0
      Mar 14, 2015

      Great in a lot of way, not so great in some important ways

      Program manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      -Opportunity to work for an organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of others -Environment where everyone feels passion for the mission -Continual learning opportunities -Amazingly talented and motivated colleagues -Participating in conversations with great thinkers and subject-matter experts -Very good compensation and benefits

      Cons

      -Culture of perfectionism -Inconsistent experience across the foundation in terms of job satisfaction (brilliant minds do not always translate into great managers) -Lots of fire-drills and seemingly unnecessary churn -Tools and systems are not as sophisticated as needed to support programs/operations -Continual change and tendency towards complexity -Extremely challenging to find work/life balance -Llimited opportunities for career progression

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