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3.7

63% would recommend to a friend

(561 total reviews)
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Mark Suzman

81% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

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
2.0
Mar 31, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

The mission is incredible and there are a lot of smart people working hard to achieve it Amazing campus and great benefits Work/life balance can be great for many who take advantage of the "flexible work styles" For geeks you will have all the Micorosft latest and greatest at yuor disposal

Cons

For anyone in IT it is a disfunctional and ineffective organization. The CEO is a very smart and capable man but is very introverted and his focus his up the organization. This is a huge problem as his "leadership" team are incompetant and lack even basic management skills. Their traits range from basic immaturity to emotionally unstable; there is also a "boys club" whose behaviour is oftern very inappropriate. The result of this lack of leadership is spinning at the lower levels; no clear strategy, inablility to make simple decisions effectilvely and worst of all a huge waste of foundation resources.

2.0
Mar 5, 2013

Sad experience for workers, great for the world.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The belief that you can change the world is great and they have the money to back it.

Cons

Do not expect to be treated as an equal. The sense of entitlement just because you work at the foundation runs rampant, which is a little unsettling.

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