Vantaggi
Inspiring colleagues. Creative environment. Well known brand.
Svantaggi
The organization lacks strategic vision and implementation abilities. Gaslighting is all too common. Whenever there is a concern, staff are often told "Working at the Obama Foundation is a privilege." Any sort of constructive feedback to improve organizational culture and morale is often dismissed and ignored. There is an expectation to always be on and to perform multiple roles, work life balance is almost impossible. Operates like a campaign office vs. a traditional non profit.The Foundation has spent a year + crafting an anti-racist framework that is very fluffy in language, but there has been no tangible DE&I progress internally, only social media tweets showing solidarity when a movement is trending and public announcements of diversity hires to appease external audiences. Proximity to the President drives everything. It is common for more senior staff to play political and optics games to ensure they can move onto bigger opportunities post Foundation. Burnout is real and there isn't a desire to retain talented staff.