National Geographic Society FAQ

Pros

Benefits • As a leading nonprofit organization, the National Geographic Society offers competitive salaries and total rewards to attract, develop, and retain an innovative and dynamic workforce • The hourly rate for this position is $18

Cons

Benefits • As a leading nonprofit organization, the National Geographic Society offers a competitive salary and total rewards to attract, develop, and retain an innovative and dynamic workforce • The hourly rate for this position is $18

Pros

- People I work with are great. - new CEO does seem genuine and working hard to right the ship. - Looks good on a CV.

Cons

- Crappy and stingy benefits. - HR is a mess. (That said, a couple people there do genuinely try to do right.) - Shady board of directors that meddles and micromanages way too much and gives employees zero opportunities to provide input. - All Staff under the senior level are ridiculously overworked and underpaid. - Explorers are basically given free reign and often don’t treat staff with respect. - Staff are constantly “voluntold” to do extra work outside of their job description. - General vibe is that we’re cogs “lucky to work here” and if we don’t like it we can move on. - Unstable office environment. Constant reorgs and leadership changes. - How are we going to be Nat Geo and STILL have a 1960s-esque dress code for the office? - Very arbitrary remote work policy that doesn’t reflect the nuances of WFH or what we’ve all been through during the pandemic. - While my team is great about work life balance, it’s definitely an outlier at the org. - Vacation policy. On paper looks nice, in reality good luck trying to get away from the office for more than a long weekend.

Advice to Management

- Stop outsourcing and relying on contractors for everything. staff appropriately to the organization’s vision. - Be more respectful to ALL staff. - Nat Geo has a $1+ billion endowment. We know you can pay staff more and drastically improve benefits.

Pros

Great Leaders - Clear Vision. Open culture with growth opportunities. People who join dont end up leaving. Fun place to work

Cons

Not many Remote working opportunities

Advice to Management

NA

Pros

Flexible hours, creative & meaningful project

Cons

Short term contract, competitive applicant pool

Pros

Great people, very mission-driven, the work of high performers is consistently recognized, and there's lots of opportunity to get involved with different projects; it's a good environment for a self-starter who needs variety in their work.

Cons

The office floorplan is quite open, decisionmaking can be a little bureaucratic/political, the acceptability of remote work varies widely by division, and promotions are considered only once per year and are not super common.