World Resources Institute reviews

Management is really, really bad. It's also a large reason why Junior level staff have little to no growth opportunity and end up leaving - there are hardly any tangible gauges for performance assessment in this company as it is largely subjective (as is the delegation of work). If there is a gap in a team's knowledge base, rather than invest in staff who are interested in taking on professional development work to gain new skills and fill it, the solution is usually to hire someone new. Additionally, many staff are overloaded with meetings, many of which return little to no action items as a result. There is considerable sitting around and chatting about things, with nothing getting done. There is tendency to focus on getting big name organizations in the industry to become a "partner" with them, rather than the focus on the projects at hand and having a measurable impact, and the lack of motivation to conduct proper, through research, at times sacrificing scientific accuracy and quality in favor of putting out a flashy end product as quickly as possible. From what I understand, WRI was once a research driven think-tank, but it seems to have adopted a "more talking, less doing" operation over the years, at least in my impression. It is a place that people use as a stepping stone rather than somewhere to put roots.

My blood pressure dropped 20 points after I quit. If you have a bad manager you’ll most likely have a bad experience