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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

      Ratings by category

      4.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      2.9

      Senior management

      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
      Jan 28, 2019

      Senior Program Assistant

      Senior program assistant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Ever changing work and fast pace Working with people

      Cons

      Unclear expectations Role is always changing

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      Gates Foundation Response
      7y
      Thank you for this feedback. "Setting clear expectations" is one of the five focus areas for strengthening manager effectiveness in 2019 and beyond. While progress on this front is naturally in tension with your observation about "ever changing work and fast pace," we will continue to support managers with simple tools and resources to make continued gains in these areas. Our just completed employee survey shows a 10% gain in "knowing how I'm performing against expectations" from 74% in 2016 to 84% today. -chris.ernst@gatesfoundation.org
      4.0
      Jan 14, 2019

      Good place to work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      great work life balance and benefits

      Cons

      difficult to perceive upwards mobility

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      Gates Foundation Response
      7y
      Thank you for this feedback -chris.ernst@gatesfoundation.org
      4.0
      Dec 20, 2018

      senior programme officer

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazing opportunity to work on very interesting projects, with smart people and for noble purposes.

      Cons

      Very political environment, where criticism is not promoted or tolerated. Measurement Learning and Evaluation used to be a strong part of the process but this has been lost to some extent .

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