Panagora Group reviews

No trust in employees, you are micromanaged to an unexplainable level, regardless of whether you are in a junior or senior position. No understanding or respect of local cultures, ethnic diversity or even diversity of thought. All is under the guise of no compromise on performance and juxtaposed to a young organization that internally really has very little in place and very little by way of knowledge (as it cannot seem to keep individuals who have been in the development space for more than a few years). This strategy has served them well in the short run, but will be short lived. You cannot sustain an organization operating this way. The turnover is tremendous and not many people are willing to work for this company. More and more individuals are coming in earlier in their careers, and are seeing this purely as transitory. Punch the clock for a year max and then move on as soon as something better comes along. There is no internal belief in this company and the donors are starting to wake up to the very little added value provided. Seems it is in a downward spiral.

There is little to no work/life balance and overworking is praised and rewarded. Career trajectory is not clear nor consistent. Lots of micromanagement from the top down and disguised as part of the culture. Program management staff are expected to do admin, financial, and communications work but are not compensated fairly. Most work is trial by fire because everyone is too overworked for training and systems are still being built.