Tired of doing other people's work - Project Director DAI Employee Review

3.0
6 May 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some great people and really committed to development and quality technical outcomes

Cons

Lots of dead wood. The reorganization from a couple of years ago was a great idea in theory but a lot of people got retained in 'Solutions' that have been coasting ever since. Hurts competitiveness and morale.

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5.0
26 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Highly professional, top notch technical experts in several fields

Cons

Work subject to USG funding

4.0
6 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Strong culture of integrity. Absolutely spectacular colleagues. Super interesting work.

Cons

Basically denuded of staff due to USAID cuts. Upper management had become obsessed with performance against metrics that were poorly fit to the business, and were focused entirely on how they might meet those metrics this week, without looking ahead to how to make structural improvements over the longer term.

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