Pros
The Good The lower level staff are talented, incredibly passionate, intelligent and hard working people. The culture of buildOn is fun and relaxed. You wouldn't survive a day without your coworkers supporting you through this jungle. The mission is inspiring and sustainable, the programing is strong and the excitement for what the mission means is felt locally and abroad. The benefits are good and the salary isn't bad (if you work normal hours, which is rare). There are perks like travel locally and abroad which make the job exciting and new!
Cons
The Bad and Ugly The leadership team consists of corporate minded individuals who only care about reaching quantitative goals instead of quality. There is the exception of a few people on the leadership team who care but whos hands are tied due to the CEO not understanding what is happening on the ground and in the field. There is a huge disconnect between leadership and the rest of the staff. They almost dehumanize staff and treat them as machines just pumping out a product. There is no work-life balance and the leadership team often shows favoritism for some employees while treating others poorly. This is a "boys club" and and it is run like a corporate version of a frat house other than a responsible nonprofit. If you are someone who values having a family and life outside of buildOn this is not the job for you! Low level employees thoughts, feels and solutions to problems are all most never taken into consideration. If you offer suggestions or solutions it is often met with a defensive "oh well" attitude. Employees are not set up for success and are often let go very quickly even though they didn't have the tools, training or support to succeed which makes for a quickly moving revolving door.