Disorganized chaos - Analyst Environmental Investigation Agency US Employee Review

As an intern, I was lucky enough to be placed with a team of people who were truly committed to ensuring that I learned the ins and outs of nonprofit operations and they created an environment in which I was comfortable asking questions. I received clear and prompt communication from everyone at the organization. They get everyone involved with the important and honorable work that they coordinate.

Some aspects of the finance and operations work can be disorganized at times, but in general this is not a problem.

Interesting colleagues from a variety of backgrounds Campaigns can be impactful when well-executed

-Every program manager is in their own bubble, doing their own work. Lower level employees often do not feel bought in to the organization, do not have enough work to do, and often feel adrift without a vision for their roles or responsibilities -Lack of strategic planning means staff time and donor resources are wasted. Often research must be redone or is simply not published due to poor planning. -No HR staff. This means there is no one to take complaints to as staff. Another review mentions that there is a “fantastic HR department,” but I repeat that there is no HR department. -During my time at EIA, there was an extremely high rate of turnover. Several colleagues mentioned issues with planning, disorganization, treatment of employees, benefits, and lack of professional development or growth opportunities in exit interviews. There was little opportunity to mention them before then. -Hasn’t adapted to remote work well. There is no oversight and no accountability within the organization. -Sloppy work culture. EIA meetings regularly start 5-10 minutes late and often have no agenda while taking up a significant chunk of the work week. -DEI at EIA is all talk and little action; the extent of it from my experience was meetings with consultants with no actionable follow-up.