Great Mission, Incompetent Management - Anonymous employee CARE (USA) Employee Review

3.0
Nov 22, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

It's a great cause - helping to end poverty around the world. Most people are smart and passionate about what they do and are fantastic to work with. Benefits are very strong for a nonprofit organization.

Cons

Senior Management lacks the ability to effectively and competently run the organization. During my four years there, we went through five staff restructurings, two of which were organization-wide and included large layoffs due to financial troubles (not economy-related, but mismanagement). They keep shuffling things around below them in the hopes that it will make things run better, when in fact, they should be looking at themselves to see how things could be improved starting at the top. In the last round of layoffs, they made attempts to involve the staff in the decision making process, but that only resulted in higher anxiety and lower staff morale for everyone. Until the Senior Management changes and they get their financial situation stabilized, I would not recommend working for CARE USA.

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5.0
Jan 6, 2026
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Pros

CARE continues to focus on saving lives and defeating poverty and it is inspiring to see how everyone remains committed to our mission.

Cons

Like all nonprofits, CARE is dealing with a difficult and unpredictable operating environment.

3.0
Jun 8, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

My coworkers were great and I had the opportunity to travel to different countries and see the work CARE was doing in person, great way to learn about the world and different cultures. The overall mission of the org is great and the programs implemented are actually making a huge impact on people lives around the world. Benefits (PTO, 401K, etc) are pretty good as well.

Cons

You're expected to always work overtime and not complain and if you set healthy boundaries then you're not seen as a "team player". The processes are broken and the attempts to fix them are short lived. There are too many cooks in the kitchen when it came to final reviews, usually extending the life of a project by weeks because one person didn't like one specific detail. The diversity in the marketing team is significantly lacking considering the org is focused on supporting international voices and stories. Upper management doesn't have much respect for anyone under a director level. HR is unhelpful and messy. For an org that pushes a message of diversity and belonging, the employees are treated MUCH differently which is extremely disappointing.

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