World Resources Institute reviews

HR is abysmal - pay inequities, lack of transparency despite what they claim, poor and inconsistent guidance to managers, standout & performance pulse is a joke and good luck even getting an answer from them at times - you could be waiting months. Lower pay for current employee than those recently hired, because why would you reward those who have been loyal and stuck it out over these last few painful years when the institute has been hemorrhaging staff? Promotions often have to be initiated by employee asking for one as managers often don’t have time to even think or care, let alone initiate the process. Executive team doesn’t walk the talk. Lots of empty promises and platitudes. Becoming increasingly bureaucratic - everything is a committee, every level of management has a say, leading to decisions that take forever and even when made, they often haven’t consulted those it would actually impact. Numerous system and process inefficiencies that make everyone’s job harder and not more efficient, without any regard to the impact it has on those who have to carry the work out.

Elitist organization - lots of Ivy League snobs who will question your area of knowledge. As someone who was first-gen college graduate, this was TOUGH. People lack empathy and getting to know you as a person. When you start a meeting, you might have 30 seconds of greetings before they want to cut to the chase. Off-putting. Never experienced this before this workplace. Work-life balance can be lacking - a lot of false urgency. Low salaries. Some depts over-promote people, some depts NEVER promote. HR team bends decisions for leadership and favorite folks - makes it hard to get a consistent answer bc there's so many exceptions. Just gotta hope you're on their good side. Benefits team not consistently helpful in explaining benefits and changes Lots of leadership change and staff turnover