Not what it used to be - Marketing Specialist World Vision International Employee Review

World Vision is facing an identity crisis and is no longer perceived by churches/evangelicals as a trustworthy Christian organization, dedicated to spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. Instead, the work is focused on meeting 'physical' needs. Evangelism is not a goal for this organization, which explains why so many Christians now support other evangelical Christian groups like Samaritan's Purse. The organization's finances are struggling badly and things do not seem to be getting better anytime soon, which means more layoffs and cost-cutting is likely to come. Despite hiring new senior leadership team members, the organization moves TOO SLOWLY and wastes millions of donor dollars through bureaucracy, politics, power plays, and inability to adjust to the expectations of the supposed core donor, evangelical Christians. Toxic leaders and work environments exist across the organization, especially in the IT department. Turnover is very high in many departments and though concerns are raised to HR and through exit interviews, NOTHING IS DONE. Since the organization has been struggling so badly, work life balance has taken a negative hit. Directors and managers often work more than 50 hour work weeks and expect their exempt staff to do the same. Staff are expected to be online working at home at night with their laptop and on the weekends. You will even see staff working on Sunday mornings when Christians would normally go to church to worship! It is a common joke that evenings and weekends are for 'email and work time' and that the workday is for meetings. The health insurance offered is terribly expensive and the maternity and paternity leave offered is a joke compared to other companies in Seattle/Bellevue. The location is really out of the way in Federal Way; most people these days want to work in Seattle. Training/tuition assistance opportunities are basically nonexistent now that money is so tight.