Pros
I have been with the Foundation over 8 years and it truly has so many great things! Great benefits, compensation, culture, and overall leadership. Managers across the organization are given monthly training sessions to improve their management skills across a variety of topics. The performance process allows for managers/employees to have candid conversations on performance and how you can improve for growth opportunities. It's not a culture where you get a promotion every year. They have an expectation you show consistent performance and competencies (nobody likes a work jerk) for consideration. They talk a lot about how whether you are a leader or not, how are you modeling the way? The leadership team has become more transparent on several areas including how compensation is determined, the performance process, etc. Great content not only for managers but employees. The work culture including people around you, different work events/celebrations, etc. is unmatched! It's fun to go to industry conferences and see how much peer institutions look to the K-State Foundation for strategy, innovation, and effective ways to operate.
Cons
The Foundation is not a place to just "have a job". They are a high-achieving organization where everyone has a goal that effects the overall organizational goals. This means your work matters! They work individually and as a team to achieve success. If you don't like having a goal, collaboration, or having expectations of performance in your role, this may not be the place for you.