Soul sucking place to work - Program Person Oxfam Employee Review

1.0
May 15, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

benefits and work life balance

Cons

This review is for Oxfam America's program side- Oxfam America does not live it's mission. It is run and ruled by a non diverse leadership team who puppeteer and control everything that goes on. Discriminatory towards staff and will do anything to push their agenda and the 'favored people' forward. Promotions not based on merit, but on who you suck up to in management. Unionized organization but some in the union leadership are friends with management so there goes that. Overall a terrible place to work. Very high turnover because you can only last maximum two to three year before all this gets to you. Remaining junior level staff are no longer motivated by the cause and are mostly looking to exit. Oxfam America will continue getting talented people becuase of it's name. But not many stay on. If you are talented and want to advance by doing good work, you won't last here. Come, get the name and leave

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