Pros
Good benefits, unquestionably honorable mission, great field staff.
Cons
In the past 2-3 years, the Executive Management Team (reporting to the CEO) has doubled in size. This top-heavy suite includes highly paid floaters with opaque roles, a surge of Washington DC Democratic Party stalwarts, and the expected tossed salad of new ideas, initiatives and champions. A propensity for flashy initiatives that play well in the media but deliver questionable impact for the people CARE serves, and a disquieting disregard for fiscal sensibility belies a management team driven by short-term rewards – just enough career burnishing to bridge a return to politics with the winds shifting left. With a few exceptions, the next layer of senior management doesn’t inspire higher confidence. The latest backstabbing catty tactic or in-your-face unprofessional outburst pepper the daily musings of the hapless around the water cooler. As such, turnover has been accelerating and this is key – it is turnover of valued, skilled employees. Recruiting fresh new talent is one thing – exchanging high-performing people with less-than-competent replacements is a sure-fire way to accelerate the rot from within. There continue to be highly talented & industrious individuals working at CARE USA. Sadly, these individuals are becoming isolated within a core culture sorely in need of honest self-assessment.