World Vision Reviews

Pros

Faith based, good relational atmosphere, I was given lots of opportunities for learning which was a great help for getting my next job.

Cons

Because it is faith-based, it can be a bit narrow-minded in its approach, depending on the overriding office culture such as leaning more towards one Christian perspective than another.

Pros

Acting out faith in Jesus Christ by serving others. The organization demonstrates professionalism, integrity, accountability, partnership, transparency, innovation, and ministry.

Cons

There are many reorganizations of divisions, and oftentimes these structures are not left in place long enough to succeed.

Advice to Senior Management

Sometimes information does not trickle down to all staff to ensure they are knowledgeable about a topic, which affects morale.

Pros

Managers were around and easy to talk to. It wasn't hard to talk to them about issues. Hourly pay was better than average.

Cons

Customers were often very difficult, oftentimes they were not satisfied with the product. They would usually come back and complain.

Pros

spritually rewarding, work is great, many passionate collegues, and support from coworkers.

Cons

it's one of the biggest developmet/aid org, thus there exists some bureaucracies. unlike smaller, more flexible orgs.

Advice to Senior Management

inspiring, transparent, encouraging, and communicative. really basic but so important!

Pros

Making a difference, people of similar mindset, serving, feel good at the end of the day, most people are motivated to do a good job

Cons

passive aggressive, not a lot of room to move up if you are young, not a lot of training opportunities due to limited budget

Advice to Senior Management

Trust younger employees more. Dont hire so many contractors! Just because you are paying a contractor too much money doesn't mean they know more than your employees do.

Pros

Strong sense working towards the same goal. The ability to make real changes in the life of those who need it most

Cons

as expected, annual pay reviews do not really occur, however there wasn't a strong focus on employee development to offset the lower salary

Advice to Senior Management

Be clear around organisational values globally

Pros

Quality Management; they walk the talk; doing something you believe in / making the world a better place

Cons

Pay less than industry due to non-profit status

Advice to Senior Management

Keep focused

Pros

Program staff are competent and highly committed. The benefits are relatively good (vacation, health, etc...) and there's a good work life balance. Staff are treated with respect and allowed a relative amount of freedom to work as they see fit (choose their own hours, work at home upon occassion). Mid-level managers are generally people with field (international) experience and understand how to get things done overseas. Program people are organized into teams (private funding, public funding, food grants, emergencies, etc..) which generally function well with a good sense of teamwork. Opportunities for training are numerous as well as support for outside education.

Cons

The organization has a very flat structure which provides little room for advancement. Most of the staff are program or finance with extensive international experience, who are organized into teams led by a team leader. Team leaders basically feed information to senior management and do very little actual management. Senior management is mostly busy counting beans and trying to keep the marketing/development people happy as they carry the most weight in the overall organization. WV is a very bureaucratic organization and makes decisions very slowly. Senior management rarely listens to program staff which leads them to make poor decisions concerning the organization and management of the office.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your program staff and get out of their way. They're the ones that know the realities in the field and can make things happen.