Does not walk the walk, toxic culture and CEO - Project Manager Beyond Blue Employee Review

People are nice. Lack of direction, accountability and appetite for risk means nothing much gets done. A pretty cruisy “job”!

No strong company strategy means work is reactive, uninteresting and slow paced. Unfortunately that disempowers people to be able to make calls and decisions given how rigid and risk adverse they are. Unless you’re in policy related projects, and even then I’d caution, avoid this place. Will do nothing for your career learning, development and progression. It’s a shame given there’s so much opportunity in the mental health space and for a prominent brand like beyond blue but alas, if the executives aren’t bold but instead are comfortable with their cushy salaries, I’m afraid it will be just continue to be a “mental health nfp” with a confused message and the public perception of “I’ve heard of them but don’t know what the actually do” type organization.

I've never worked anywhere with such a strong focus on wellbeing. The CEO’s a genuine person and a good leader. Big emphasis on us delivering what's on the box and making sure donations are used wisely. Every all staff meeting has a reminder of why we’re here, and that really matters to me. Every time we hear the CEO talk about fundraising or our finances its always in relation to how we are using it to help people with depression and anxiety, or what we need to change in order to make those dollars work better for the community, it's not just lip service.

Some teams are really strong, others are struggling. So it's worth checking in the interview about the team and their history. I can see they’re working on it, which is good. Hands down the best NGO I’ve worked at for what its worth. The people who do best here are chill but smart and strategic. There is little money and small teams so people from a corporate background often struggle - there's paperwork, there isn't money to stand up massive projects on demand, things take a long time, it's messy and there's still difficulty with planning which is painful for some teams.