Vantaggi
Virtual work environment allows staff to work from anywhere. This benefit seems to disproportionately benefit senior leaders and staff with children, as they have flexibility to email after hours/weekends, creating a sense of ambiguity and urgency about boundaries for completing work.
Svantaggi
Very, very difficult place to work. The hiring process is misleading about the amount of work required. Most employees work at least 50 hours a week--this is a requirement that is not explicitly stated in the on-boarding process. The messaging leans heavily on LEE being a virtual workplace with lots of flexibility. Again, this does not benefit employees at the coordinator and manager levels at all. There is an emphasis on diversity in the hiring process as well--in practice, the organization has a disproportionate amount of white leaders who often perpetuate (through unconscious bias) a work environment that marginalizes employees of color and awards white employees from a government/agency/management consulting background who willingly work 55+ hours per week and know the unspoken rules of privilege that lead to success in these arenas. Most managers and coordinators burn out at the 12 month point and retention is very low for people of color at the 12 month point as well.