Pros
Amazing colleagues, everyone who joins CDC has a genuine desire to make the world better (at least in the support teams and investment teams) Very interesting work and investment opportunities A great place to get into impact investment, but not a place to build a career or stay longer
Cons
Innovative thinking not encouraged, Ambition is viewed as threatening by senior management and people are incentivised to stay down and don't speak up Serious problem with diversity and inclusion, make big public speeches about gender and being a good workplace for diverse candidates when this is not the reality and day to day the same type of favoritism, old boys network and poor people management as in any other organisation with mediocre management. Organisation has a serious identity crisis between delivering impact and delivering investments, this is often seen as two opposing forces instead of private equity being an instrument for economic growth.... Very poor leadership in the Impact Group Poor people management throughout and many great employees have been burned and left discouraged. Harassment is brushed under the carpet