It’s hard to know where to start. This company is poisonous and corrupt.
Imagine a small crew of high ego, vaguely incompetent, humourless execs who haven’t worked any place else and believe that their decisions are all great because they’ve been there from the start.They don’t want to change the world (or maybe they do, but only in the vaguest possible sense, and they don’t know what it means or how to articulate it.)They are extremely insulated and naive to how the world is changing around them.They have little skill and no expertise. And they want Change.org to be a tech success story that “scales” and “innovates,” even if it’s at the expense of the staff and users.
When some of the staff in the US and Canada organised a union, the lack of empathy of the c-team began to come out. Even those who said they supported labour were suddenly making staff the villains in the story.The best way to get promoted is to agree with everything the CEO says and make friends with execs.It’s the only way to succeed in this blatantly nepotistic environment. Don’t forget to signal that you’d cut salaries, fire people, slash budgets or dismantle teams at a moments notice if you are asked. People below a certain level are treated as completely expendable. Expertise is not valued..You will be lucky to leave with your skills, confidence and sanity intact.
The company is being driven into the ground by people who are in way over their heads and are at best amoral.They don’t care what harm they cause to the people around them if they get a good bonus at the end of the year, but they will gaslight you into believing that Change.org is mission driven. Yes, it’s owned by a non-profit, but don’t let that fool you… execs are overpaid and happy to maintain the status quo and silence opposition for a paycheck and a big bonus. Obvious prejudice against black, queer, female, Muslim, and non-US staff is worse than I have ever seen in other companies. There is no longer even a pretense of having a conversation about race.
