Pros
Opportunity to work with passionate, driven, and smart people on complex and important global (and domestic) challenges. There is a growing focus on inclusive culture and equitable partnerships (with a lot of room for growth). Excellent benefits. Ability to move around through backfill and interim roles.
Cons
Bureaucratic/political work environment, and priorities are set from the top so a lot of time spent managing up. People managers are a very rare commodity - leadership hired for their technical expertise, not for their skills in managing people/relationships/conflict/etc. Competitive work environment with antiquated philosophies (in the already problematic field of philanthropy) around investing. Lack of transparency into leadership decision making.
