Pros
The location is a pro and the retirement benefits are good. And, many of the employees, not management, are pleasant to work with.
Cons
If I had to choose one word to describe Resources for the Future, it would be Chaotic. Everyone either leaves or is fired or is waiting to be fired. If you manage to make it through the latest purge, then you are likely to have your work changed so that you want to leave, thus saving RFF payments of unemployment compensation. If management can't figure out how to do something, they hire consultants, pay them big bucks to change everything and see if they get positive results. The paralysis of analysis. Then management clears out entire departments after bringing in new, overpaid leadership to fire everyone with no warning and no negative employment reviews. But that's alright, everyone is an employee at will. The organization is penny wise and pound foolish; totally management top heavy. The latest chaotic move, which occurred with absolutely no warning, has the organizational structure changed, yet again, in less than two years. If management wants to hire another V.P. , then they fire a couple of people so they have more money to hire an overpaid V.P. If you don't have a PhD. then look out, you are very expendable.