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Overall disappointing...uninspiring leaders, lack of focus or clear strategy. - Anonymous employee World Vision International Employee Review

2.0
Sep 16, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Inspiring mission and work helping millions of vulnerable children across the world - If you look hard enough, you can find a committed (small) group of colleagues who are fun, bright and working hard to keep World Vision relevant in a rapidly changing sector - Massive network (45K+ employees) and highly reputable brand builds a solid platform for your next career move - Salary, benefits and flexible hours are quite good, especially for a nonprofit.

Cons

Old-school hierarchical culture keeps open communication, innovation and the ability to pivot quickly near zero. Lack of transparency from uninspiring, often short-sighted senior leaders. Regular layoffs and budget cuts lead to near constant "restructures" within teams and departments. Little to no effort is made to engage employees in strategy or decision-making, even when changes significantly affect their entire portfolio of work. Politics, bureaucracy and maintaining the "status quo" are alive and well. Low morale is ubiquitous. Overall a disappointing and sometimes outright bizarre experience working for the largest faith-based relief and development organization in the world.

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World Vision International Response
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Although we are so sorry to hear that you are having an overall negative experience working at World Vision International, we covet your transparent and honest feedback regarding how we can improve and grow as an organization. World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people. Thank you again for taking time to leave a review and share your feedback, it has definitely been noted and will be passed on.

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