Pros
The Utah Educational Savings Plan, now my529, has had its ups and downs. Our former Executive Director was a champion at getting us through hard times, but usually at the expense of the workers feeling valued or heard. We recently had a change up with a new Executive Director taking lead. His first goal being in charge: Make the employees feel wanted, appreciated, and heard. This has been a big pain point that my529 faced in my previous years working here. Nobody in the organization felt heard or appreciated. The new Executive Director has changed that in a very short amount of time. We are continuously being asked for our feedback about working conditions, life, and ideas. While I knew I was making an impact working here before, now I feel like I am part of the change. An instigator in making this a really good place to work. I see positive changes happening all the time. For example: The "new" Executive Director has established committees for main points of contention that we had while working under the previous regime. The committees are designed to help us make changes from below, rather than at a top executive level. For instance, we were once an organization that wouldn't dare to allow workers to work from home. A committee was established before the Covd-19 outbreak that allowed the workers to formulate an idea of what telecommuting would look like for our organization. Because the Executive Director allowed for this kind of freedom and feedback, we were able to respond to the pandemic very quickly and keep the workers safe. I give this place a 4 star review, but want to give it a 4.5. There are things we still have to work on, but the strides we have made in the last year warrant a review that earns 4 stars. The benefits are great, pay seems fair, the people working here are seriously amazing and very talented.
Cons
Movement up can be a little hard in some areas There are some departments and directors that seem to like the old ways of doing things Still working on employee satisfaction