Wonderful mission, great staff, management challenges
Pros
Important mission to change the lives of people with Type 1 Diabetes. Some good ways to make all personnel feel a real connection to the mission and understand progress in research. Really great staff - some of the best colleagues I have ever worked with. Decent salary and benefits. Good holidays and week between Christmas and New Year has recently become a vacation. Easily commutable office location. The new CEO seems to be trying to address some of the negative points mentioned below - which is a big pro for those of us here. He has set a goal to have lunch with all employees (at the NY office) over the next year and get direct feedback and suggestions.
Cons
On-boarding process (other than the general HR) not consistent across job functions requiring quite a bit of initiative upfront to understand department-specific policies and procedures which seem to change often. Multiple management, strategy, process and policy changes can be exhausting even for the most committed employees. This can make a normally positive environment a little negative. Changes can be made that make employees feel less engaged / valued despite important contributions.
