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3.7

62% would recommend to a friend

(561 total reviews)
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Mark Suzman

81% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

Gates Foundation has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 561 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gates Foundation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).

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561 reviews
4.0
Jun 12, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large impact, strategic position, potential for growth

Cons

Bureaucratic, hierarchical and excessively focused on communication

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Gates Foundation Response
9y
Thanks so much for your review. I appreciate both your positive and constructive feedback and hope that you are succeeding in the next chapter in your career.
5.0
Jun 9, 2017

Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It is a dynamic place where everyone hear's you out, friendly environment

Cons

It is a very small company, so you only work in one country with no chance to travel abroad

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Gates Foundation Response
8y
Thanks for your post.
3.0
Jun 8, 2017

IT

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great mission. Great Benefits. Employees genuinely want to do the right thing.

Cons

Constant re-orgs that lead to change fatigue. IT specifically, is now on our third CIO (one CDO) just in the last 4 years. It's hard to find challenging and compelling work in IT. It's easy to feel disconnected to the programmatic work when working in IT or other operations teams.

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Gates Foundation Response
9y
I'm sorry you are having some negative experiences within our IT function. Would you like to discuss how we can do better within your function. The work that our IT team does is so critical to the success of our organization and hope that you experience positive change with Sue Taylor as our CIO.
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