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3.3

49% would recommend to a friend

(45 total reviews)
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Emily Chamlee Wright

78% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Institute For Humane Studies has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 45 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Institute For Humane Studies 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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45 reviews
2.0
May 8, 2017
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Pros

Everything they say they do on paper looks great. It's a commendable cause and the people who work there are committed to a libertarian mission. If you support that you'll be excited about what they claim to do. And you'll probably think that you're working to achieve it.

Cons

The office culture of this place is a toxic mix. The upper management is out of touch from the rest of the office and doesn't even understand most of the things that their own staff do. Lack of communicating is a problem. The heads of the company spend hours and hours and tons of money on reinventing their slogans, logos, mission statements, and other "branding" stuff. Meanwhile the tasks that matter get shoved off onto underpaid employees or neglected. There's a huge turnover problem here too. Very few *competent* people last more than a year or so. They all get driven away one way or another. The incompetent ones move right up the ladder though and stay forever.

1.0
Dec 22, 2018

Bad Place to Work and Bad Employees

Anonymous employee
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Pros

PTO, Honorable Mission, Dress Code

Cons

Terrible work structure. Their 'training program' is a joke. They don't mentor or develop new employees. Constantly you'll hear buzzwords they like to use such as 'processes' and 'logistics' or 'you got to be a self-starter'. This place has terrible turnover. Do a search of their former staff from years ago and compare to now. You'll see less than a third in about two years. While there's turnover everywhere this place has it worse than others. That should be a red-flag. The constant restructuring and chaotic leadership make this place a terrible place to work. HR department is a complete joke and they aren't even real HR professionals.

2.0
Jul 31, 2018

5th restructure in a year...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Strong network, storied history, principled board, and a selection of the most intelligent, curious, and interesting talent in the DC area (at least for now). It could be a great organization if leadership would set clear goals, get out of the way, and let individual teams achieve.

Cons

The most dysfunctional organization I've ever encountered by far. The federal government is more efficient. Leadership is not on the same page about the vision, strategies, and objectives of the organization, and as a result they push their miscommunication and disagreement down to lower staff - causing unnecessary conflict and stress across the organization. Expect back to back meetings all day, every day - but the only way to actually get things done is through gossip and back-channels. The organization has restructured at least 5 times in the past 18 months, and has seen high turnover of senior managers and long-tenured employees. The only way to survive in this environment is to stop caring, and become a yes man. Agreeableness is the only virtue valued.

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