Pros
This cause is vitally important and some of the staff I worked with were great.
Cons
Are you sitting comfortably? Because the org is the size it is, the Director of the dept. I worked in was Director of 5 other depts. Meaning she was spread too thin and unqualified to direct the team I was in. At more effective organisations there would be multiple 'rungs' between myself and her but since there were not, on the days when I could get an audience with Director, my day-to-day work would often become micro-managed by the CEO himself. A lack of understanding about my area, also meant my expertise was disregarded by these Corporate leaders who should not have been directly involved in my team's work. Due to these things, the turnover of staff in my team was exceedingly high, with very capable and valuable colleagues rarely lasting more than a year. Those staff shortages lead to increased team pressure. Whilst the HR team are good and lovely, they are one of the teams managed by this Director, so any formal complaint about either structure or an unpleasant culture is of course ill advised. A mess - strongly advise against working for Help Musicians.