A great mission, egregiously managed - Product Wikimedia Foundation Employee Review

- Democratic to the point that decisionmaking is extremely difficult, slowing down product development - Tech (MediaWiki software) is very old-fashioned and inaccessible to would-be volunteers - Non-inclusive; if you haven't worked here since the beginning and/or do not have an aggressive personality type, no one will listen to you or take you seriously - Management thinks they understand sexism and diversity but make classic sexist and non-inclusive mistakes in hiring practices, promotions, and conflict resolution. - Criteria for advancement is not clear and varies vastly from department to department based on that team's management's attention to it. Some people are promoted every year with no previous experience, while others don't even qualify for promotion for several years, even with extensive previous experience in their field. - Re-orgs and inner turmoil abound. A lot of energy is spent trying to organize itself, its priorities, it's strategy, etc. - Many people in management have never managed before, and it shows. However, they are largely protected, even if they cost the org donors great amounts of money because of their inability to steward those funds and other resources properly - Underperformers and people who do not complete projects or show up aren't held accountable - If you mention any issues you are marked, and dismissed, unless you are in management or have other status in the movement