Manage Your Expectations; Ask Questions
Pros
Since these reviews are intended to provide insight for a potential employee to consider, I can only speak to the type of work I was hired to do. I would imagine those in direct care might have a completely different experience. If you expect to be responsible for implementing programmatic work, innovating or developing strategy, or working with communications, ask for one of your 5 interviews to be with people you will be actually working with on a regular basis. Senior management will not provide the resources, direction or support for you to do your job effectively. You will need to rely on the many lovely but overworked and overempowered staff to get anything done.
Cons
Senior management is not evil but they are in over their heads. They rarely hire from outside preferring to promote favorites. This results in a stagnate environment where people feel they know everything about the job and organization. The external communications philosophy, process and tools are archaic so if your role involves communicating to supporters, media etc - know management thinks the website, email and other communications are there to generate donations only.
