Pros
Excellent country programs and staff despite largely clueless US management.
Cons
Toxic leadership from the US executive management team has destroyed organizational culture and morale. Raising concerns and needed improvements is met with hostility and defensiveness - there is no space for dialogue. CARE staff desperately need a union. There is no accountability at any level of management. Poor and even the most problematic managers (especially white) are not let go. CARE is too top heavy while mid-junior level staff who get the work done are overstretched and undervalued. Overall, these staff are fully committed to CARE’s mission and go beyond a healthy work/life balance to ensure the job is done. Staff come for the mission and leave burnt out by overwork and disillusioned by CARE US leadership who pay lip service to concepts of equity, social justice, and decolonization of aid while consistently making organizational management and personnel decisions that are antithetical to these ideals.