Great place, hard to grow - Program Coordinator Rotary Employee Review

4.0
28 Aug 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits, interesting co-workers, and easy to get to from L train or metra

Cons

Hard to grow, managers are not trained well, and little to no professional development

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Rotary Response
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Hello, and thank you for being a part of the Rotary team. We could not accomplish our global efforts without all of your contributions. Because of this, your feedback is very important to us. Professional development is one of our core values at Rotary. We provide a variety of in-person, and online trainings that are available to our staff members. Our recent training topics included: Assertiveness in the Workplace, Giving and Receiving Feedback, Interviewing and Hiring, Business Etiquette, and many more. We’ve also introduced our Leadership Attribute Model that allows employees of all levels to identify their areas of strength and opportunity, so they can create a career path within Rotary. Once an employee has taken the opportunity to self-assess their attributes, they are encouraged to create a professional development plan to determine goals and the actions needed to reach them. While adding talent to Rotary is always important, we believe that cultivating the existing talent among our staff is what really sets us apart from other organizations. If you'd like to discuss these areas further, we encourage you to reach out at GlobalPeopleandTalent@rotary.org. - RI Global People and Talent Team

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

Rotary provided some of the best working memories in my career. I was brought in for a newly created position and was handed the keys to create. Being given such autonomy really allowed for me to experiment early and find my footing in a new industry/sector without having to be so bogged down with standard "business expectations" that were previously set. On top of this I would like to think I was placed within the best team setting for my personal growth and career ascension. While the area wasn't exactly what made sense for my role, the PEOPLE we're the absolute perfect culture fits. They allowed me to get a well rounded understanding of the business both internal and external as well as provided a safe place to ask questions. Having such a great culture fit on top of a ideal working environment is a very rare find, and I will forever be grateful for those opportunities.

Cons

Being in the non for profit world sometimes makes initiative driving hard as there are competing interest for "the cause" vs "business needs." This mentality would often create issues with IC's who work cross-departmentally being able to push projects along. Too many team silos in departments that need to be more collaborative to be able to work efficiently. Also, the appetite to explore new technology advancements are very slow moving. While budget could be approved, the resources were not often allocated to actual see the project through.

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