Silos - Anonymous employee Rotary Employee Review

2.0
1 Aug 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great cause, some talented employees, great benefits, excellent work life balance and decent pay for a non profit. Rotary's members are passionate about their work and can be fun to work with. General Secretary John Hewko is a good leader and a nice guy with good intentions and I think he's trying to lead the company in the right direction.

Cons

Where to begin...Rotary hires such talented people with tons of experience to fill lower-level coordinator/specialist jobs. People at the management level have been there for years, leaving no room for advancement for lower-level employees who are well qualified for management positions. The talented young people (many of whom are fairly recent hires) will all leave once they put in a couple years and realize there's absolutely no way to move up. I'm not even the lowest on the totem pole and I have a boss, who has a boss, who has a boss, who has a boss...

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

Rotary provided some of the best working memories in my career. I was brought in for a newly created position and was handed the keys to create. Being given such autonomy really allowed for me to experiment early and find my footing in a new industry/sector without having to be so bogged down with standard "business expectations" that were previously set. On top of this I would like to think I was placed within the best team setting for my personal growth and career ascension. While the area wasn't exactly what made sense for my role, the PEOPLE we're the absolute perfect culture fits. They allowed me to get a well rounded understanding of the business both internal and external as well as provided a safe place to ask questions. Having such a great culture fit on top of a ideal working environment is a very rare find, and I will forever be grateful for those opportunities.

Cons

Being in the non for profit world sometimes makes initiative driving hard as there are competing interest for "the cause" vs "business needs." This mentality would often create issues with IC's who work cross-departmentally being able to push projects along. Too many team silos in departments that need to be more collaborative to be able to work efficiently. Also, the appetite to explore new technology advancements are very slow moving. While budget could be approved, the resources were not often allocated to actual see the project through.

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