NDC Partnership: Poor managers = an unbalanced/chaotic work environment
Pros
In a few years, the NDC Partnership has built a solid reputation as the top global climate action coalition. Impactful, important, and interesting work made this place great to be at initially. And the work was exhilarating especially because you are surrounded by brilliant and passionate teammates.
Cons
However, the original leadership team are comprised of poor managers who are not transparent, work 24/7, and are a fraternity. Their bromance is deep. They are not inclusive especially when it comes to the women on the team. In addition, some staff drink to excess during work travel/meetings causing poor judgement and awkward/inappropriate situations. Managers make sexist comments or are unprofessional and yell openly at staff. And some staff wore their privilege like a badge of honor and were abrasive and disrespectful to staff and partners. Overall, this was a toxic and dysfunctional work environment. Most days, I didn't want to go in, and I would brace myself before entering the pressure cooker. For such a new organization, the amount of turnover is astonishing. And all of the employees who resigned from the NDC Partnership were women. The work is 24/7, so most of us were expected to work long days and weekends. The salaries were poor, because the World Resources Institute (where this group is housed in the US) lowballs offers. And WRI had poor systems in place for HR stuff, billing, IT, contracts, and overall operational support. Sometimes the Partnership simply couldn't function, because of WRI's operational issues.