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- "Work life balance can be challenging to achieve based on the role, depending on if the team is sufficiently staffed, but can be developed with the manager." (in 13 reviews)
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- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Great mission
Mar 14, 2023 - Senior Program Officer, Global Health in Seattle, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Amazing working on great mission. Extremely fulfilling.
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Demanding job, but not really a con for someone who is driven.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Great work but poor management
Feb 5, 2023 - Program Officer in Seattle, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Lots of smart talented people who are trying to move the needle in the best way they know and can.
Cons
Upper management skews towards private sector backgrounds - management consulting, big pharma and may not have the technical expertise or insights to lead global health or development work.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Program Officer
Jan 29, 2023 - Associate Program Officer in Washington, DCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Benefits, working with smart people
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Confusing org structure and a lot of ambiguity
- Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
strong mission but difficult culture
Nov 17, 2022 - Anonymous Employee in Seattle, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Mission, salary, amazing benefits, almost unparalleled opportunity for global impact, network, access to major field leaders
Cons
competitive culture, bureaucracy, cookie cutter mold for internal success and advancement, lack of diversity in leadership, not enough time for true innovation and collaboration, pays lip service only to employee reported burnout. Lots of flux right now with governance changes and what it will mean for the organization's future mission and culture.
Continue reading - Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Great Work for a Great Cause
Nov 11, 2022 - Associate in New York, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
access to leading research and knowledge base on the most pressing global issues
Cons
Politics can be challenging to navigate
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Great colleagues, no growth opportunities
Oct 24, 2022 - Deputy Director in Seattle, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Smart, committed, impact-oriented, and visionary colleagues.
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Lack of professional growth opportunities. Programmatic staff are not fungible across program strategy teams. Limited options (either stay in your role or leave).
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Hard work, with amazing people and benefits
Sep 23, 2022 - Senior Program Assistant in Seattle, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- brilliant and dedicated colleagues - amazing benefits, including healthcare for my family and hefty retirement account contributions - fulfilling work -- with an inspiring mission
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- high expectations, sometimes feels impossible - deadline driven and can be a high stress environment - frustrating bureaucracy that can slow down productivity - top heavy org structure, often lacking support roles
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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People care about the mission Excellent benefits Competitive pay Lots of resources to lean on Smart people- can make good connections Good leadership (executive leadership team)
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Lots of internal politics. Some teams are toxic and chaotic like any company. Challenging for admin staff to build their career in an upward trajectory.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Passionate and smart people; HR is a bit of a mess
Sep 14, 2022 - Senior Officer, Strategy Planning in Seattle, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
You will love what you work on, have so much purpose and passion for your work. The people around you are brilliant and super respectful, nice and awesome.
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HR is a mess. Policies don't make any sense and they are slow. It's not great. In addition for business minded people career progression is a bit stunted
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Smartest people, healthy culture, always evolving
Sep 13, 2022 - Program Officer in Seattle, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- Got to define my own role - One of the best supervisors in my whole career - Excellent benefits (15% 403b contribution regardless of employee's contribution, generous medical, dental and vision insurances) - Caring teammates
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- Teams and orgs are always evolving, needing lots of readjustment times - Essentially a family Foundation - Not enough visa sponsorship support
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 563 reviews left anonymously by employees. 88% of employees would recommend working at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to a friend and 59% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 12 months.
88% of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be diversity and inclusion, senior leadership, management.
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