Pros
You will be able to handle more responsibilities and juggle more projects than you ever thought humanly possible.
Cons
It’s dismal that junior staff can’t even get to $50,000, and are routinely told to wait a few years and be respectful because there aren’t enough funds in the pool yet finance, HR, and leadership receives a 10% salary increase every year on six-figure salaries including this year, along with very generous bonuses. ( $5,000- $20,000) If leadership even cut 2% of their salaries, they would be able to pay junior employees a living wage in DC. Or you know, find the funds from elsewhere, considering the millions it’s receiving from Facebook. Why is the turnover rate so high? Why do so many talented employees leave before a year? Because the blame game is strong and the traits that the organization publicly honors are so lacking internally such as transparency, collaborative work, and open dialogue. There is no work-life balance. You will work more than your allocated hours, and you will not be compensated overtime. Management will push before/after work meetings. Colleagues routinely attended events in the middle of the night, some as late as 1:00 am and others as early as 4:00 am. Trilingual employees with master’s degrees receive less than recent grads due to who they know in leadership. Favoritism and family connections go a long way here, especially, when it comes to salaries. HR is either unwilling or incapable to help. Staff can expect to wait up to a month for a non-response reply. We have on multiple occasions asked HR to send anonymous surveys to help gauge how the organization is meeting the needs of the staff. However, HR only uses surveys that easily identify staff with questions such as Where are you born, what is your first language, ect? This prevents staff from honestly expressing their sentiments. Finance is the stuff of nightmares. I have lost count of how many times I’ve seen colleagues cry, upset, or berated by this department. More than a few of us have reported inappropriate comments but they have been left unaddressed for years. More than a few employees have left abruptly due to being traumatized by such unhinged management. How else would you explain, some staff being denied PTO and losing out on weeks of vacation, while others are granted time off?