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Gates Foundation

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Not the place to work if you need a rhyme and reason to what you're doing and how things function - Anonymous employee Gates Foundation Employee Review

2.0
17 Apr 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- GREAT benefits (medical, dental, vision, little/no copays, no additional pay for dependents, recognizes domestic partners) - smart employees - Great name for esume building - Many resources available - Large gay employee population

Cons

- Horrible managers - No accountability for poor management - Intellectual elitist - No racial diversity - Extreme hierarchy (poor treatment of staff) - Hard to get anything done - Their mission is to get what they want from studies, grants, etc.- Not to improve life necessarily for beneficiaries- like working for colonizers.

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5.0
24 Apr 2026
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Pros

Everyone is aligned to the mission. Fantastic benefits.

Cons

These could be pros for some but travel and ambiguity are things to deal with

3.0
8 Jun 2026
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Pros

Mission-based work Diverse, passionate employee base Healthcare benefit Parental leave and support Unlimited PTO

Cons

Poor work-life balance Perfectionist culture Unreasonable expectations with working hours High levels of burnout Retaliation for setting boundaries with working hours Culture resistant to prioritization of work

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