Vantaggi
People are nice. Lack of direction, accountability and appetite for risk means nothing much gets done. A pretty cruisy “job”!
Svantaggi
No strong company strategy means work is reactive, uninteresting and slow paced. Unfortunately that disempowers people to be able to make calls and decisions given how rigid and risk adverse they are. Unless you’re in policy related projects, and even then I’d caution, avoid this place. Will do nothing for your career learning, development and progression. It’s a shame given there’s so much opportunity in the mental health space and for a prominent brand like beyond blue but alas, if the executives aren’t bold but instead are comfortable with their cushy salaries, I’m afraid it will be just continue to be a “mental health nfp” with a confused message and the public perception of “I’ve heard of them but don’t know what the actually do” type organization.