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SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

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Nice teams but poor executive leadership and politics - Department Head SNV Netherlands Development Organisation Employee Review

3.0
19 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Very nice leaders and staff. Very passionate people in technical fields.

Cons

Not very professionally run, highly political and decisions are bottlenecked at Executive Team even when there should be systems to distribute real power to change things. Executive leadership with little real leadership experience spending money on things that will not help the organization in the long-term.

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5.0
3 June 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are good, work life balance also good

Cons

There are no cons, happy to worked there

3.0
8 Feb 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The founder and former executive director of SNV USA, Neil Ghosh, grew the organization to $50M in backlog in less than 10 years. I respected that he knew when to take the lead and when to follow. The overwhelming majority staff were great and worked incredibly hard to make the organization what it is.

Cons

Staff is incredibly overworked. There are few processes, procedures, and templates in place to facilitate work flow. The new exec dir has expressed a lack of interest in establishing such systems. She seems more focused on trying to enhance her own image rather than building on the legacy of what has been established.

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