Aligned mission with great benefits, but be prepared to travel a lot - Senior Program Officer Gates Foundation Employee Review

- Strong focus on mission which feeds into the culture and people - Rigorous and intellectually stimulating - Highly competitive pay and benefits (healthcare, parental benefits, travel policy etc)

- Increasingly bureaucratic - Can be political at high levels - A bit fragmented and siloed as an organization (knowledge sharing and access to information varies by team)

Mission-based work Diverse, passionate employee base Healthcare benefit Parental leave and support Unlimited PTO

Poor work-life balance Perfectionist culture Unreasonable expectations with working hours High levels of burnout Retaliation for setting boundaries with working hours Culture resistant to prioritization of work