Navigating Change with Transparency and Purpose - Project Director MCD Global Health Employee Review

MCD is such a fantastic organization to work for. Everyone is very mission driven and collectively want to work toward our mission. For a smaller organization, they also provide very robust health insurance packages and vacation/sick benefits.

The workload is more than other orgs I’ve worked for, but with such a supportive team members and manager you hardly notice

-In the past, had offered good benefits as part of their total package.

Because of financial mismanagement they have decided to take away all earned vacation and sick time over 80 hours from those who are directly doing the work in the US programs. Employees were made aware at 11:30 at night that their earned benefits were taken away effective immediately. The following morning, over 30 people were fired and over 15 people furloughed. Company management claims they had no choice but to act quickly, but strangely enough, they still had time for their own meetings to discuss their options, how they would do it, and to consult with lawyers to ensure it was legal. (When they took away those earned vacation hours, they no longer had to pay them out to people who got fired the next day) They have been happy to stick by this decision, with tone-deaf responses to worker dissatisfaction in regards to the lack of communication and clarity. To those affected who have spoken up concerned for the future benefits cuts (which MCD has laid on the table as an option) and asked for transparency, MCD has responded strongly; issuing write-ups and threatening disciplinary action across the board.