In decline - Manager DAI Employee Review

1.0
15 Jan 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Most of the people join the company, although it is for profit, to create impact in the developing world.

Cons

It has become clear that winning contracts and making money is currently a priority. Sadly, competent staff is leaving, plus there have been lay offs and budget cuts to stay afloat and build up again. It seems quite chaotic at the moment.

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Pros

Highly professional, top notch technical experts in several fields

Cons

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4.0
6 Feb 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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