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- "Very friendly coworkers, collaborative, good ethics, very transparent with information." (in 5 reviews)
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- "The management is very chaotic, especially at the top, and in my time there there was several cross" (in 15 reviews)
- "Leadership is focused on promoting their personal careers and turning the organization into a Big Corp." (in 6 reviews)
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Updated Sep 13, 2023
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- 5.0Apr 24, 2023Senior Software EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 3 yearsDenver, CO
Pros
- Remote work culture is great - Lots of chances for growth and autonomy
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- Inter-department/team dependency and conflict can get in the way of effective work
- 4.0Sep 13, 2023Staff Software EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearGeorgia, LA
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Great pay and benefits. Employee centric.
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Leadership no longer behaves with compassion like in the past. More cliques than communities.
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Wikimedia Foundation has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 205 reviews left anonymously by employees. 61% of employees would recommend working at Wikimedia Foundation to a friend and 33% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -15% over the last 12 months.
61% of Wikimedia Foundation employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Wikimedia Foundation 4.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Wikimedia Foundation to be career development, benefits, coworkers and the cons to be management, culture, senior leadership.
