As an IT Professional, do you care about your mental health? - Anonymous employee Annenberg Foundation Employee Review

The staff are wonderful and the foundation does think creatively about how to ensure everyone feels enthusiastic about working at Annenberg. Benefits are spectacular, especially for those in a mid-career position. Wonderful healthcare, retirement and family leave policies.

Limited growth opportunities. Many positions to easily feel stuck in. No clear ladder to career growth within the foundation.

I really appreciate the workplace culture between lower-level staff and how welcoming most employees are. There are many fun events in the office that allow for people to bond over some free food. The office building offers many amenities.

In my role in my department, there were no clear standards of how to succeed, which is very anxiety-inducing. There are no performance reviews here. I was verbally disrespected in public and they tried to keep me from speaking to HR about my qualms. This led to the point of resigning on the spot. My mental health instantly improved when I resigned. Some departments are better than others, but the administration and operations team needs some heavy revamping. I have done everything I could to make my supervisors happy, but they repeatedly made me feel small and unprotected. I was on the receiving end of so much abrasiveness, simply because I held the lowest role on the totem pole. Unless you have "director" or “manager" in your title, they will chew you up and spit you out. They believe and enforce a bigoted hierarchy and will disrespect you if you don't read their minds and give them what they want. If you respect yourself, do NOT work with the admin team. However, some other departments are great and I would recommend considering them, but do your research.