Vantaggi
100% work-from-home flexibility. My immediate team was a dream—supportive, collaborative, and genuinely kind. Great work-life balance. Better benefits than most local companies in Costa Rica, including extra vacation days, generous sick leave, and the full last week of the year off. No-meeting Fridays helped protect deep work time. Opportunities to work on meaningful projects in the agricultural development space. International exposure and cross-functional collaboration
Svantaggi
Very clique-driven culture. If you’re not part of the long-time “OG Rooters” or don’t come from an NGO/agribusiness background, it can be hard to feel like you truly belong. Poor internal communication and inconsistent messaging across teams. Executive decision-making lacks structure. Priorities shift often, sometimes without a clear explanation. Many managerial roles oversee just one or two direct reports, leading to unnecessary layers and limited growth opportunities. Despite its small size, the organization feels disorganized, with blurred roles and frequent last-minute changes. A culture of “everyone can voice their opinions” often lacked clear boundaries, leading to a sense of entitlement and excessive individual requests that delayed decision-making. Significant language barriers across departments. Some staff responsible for managing providers or systems primarily in English cannot communicate effectively without interpreters, adding unnecessary cost and inefficiency to operations. Hiring monolingual staff in key roles is taking a toll on collaboration and effectiveness. Long-tenured employees are often resistant to change and trapped in outdated, traditional ways of working, which stifles innovation.