There's a huge disconnect between leadership and lower level staff. Leadership are self-involved and lack awareness on staff needs. It was clear from the executive orders that leadership had no idea what they were doing. They were slow to respond and had no plan.
Many in leadership are rude from not saying hi to people in the office to not having the courtesy to take conversations offline and instead having 10 minute side conversations whilst ignoring others in the room. Leadership creates a paternalist and infantilizing culture with power concentrated at the top. Don't bother sharing a good idea, it will be ignored. As a result, strategic plans and restructuring had very little buy-in and instead of listening to staff, leadership doubled down.
Not a great place for professional development, especially if you're a person of color. The organization has a very shallow and superficial understanding of diversity resulting in performative wokeness with no real substance operationally. A ton of hollow talk about inclusion coupled with outdated power systems and clear colonial mindsets that make the work on locally led development questionable. FHI 360 talks a good talk but it is not backed up by action.
