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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

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A start-up philanthropy - Anonymous employee Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Employee Review

5.0
22 Oct 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Smart, kind colleagues who care about the mission; good work/life balance; intellectual challenge to build new programs/models for a new org that is part philanthropy, part tech company, part research /academic entity and part advocacy org. Very diverse team as a result — far more diverse than most Silicon Valley companies. founders are genuine, inspiring, patient and kind - Priscilla in particular.

Cons

Growth that was too fast and not fully aligned to work earlier on has had impact on role clarity, engagement and caused churn; consensus decision making at times makes things overly bureaucratic for the size of org; lack of tough decision making can be frustrating if you are from a background outside of nonprofits; very process heavy - modeled off of Facebook (but team is relatively small so that can be burdensome).

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5.0
27 Feb 2026
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Pros

I couldn’t have asked for a better place to spend a meaningful chapter of my career. Intelligent, mission-driven, low-ego colleagues, inspiring work, and many opportunities to learn and grow. It’s also one of the few places I’ve worked where you don’t have to trade off between enjoying the work, good compensation, and a healthy work-life balance. Even having been impacted by layoffs, I remain very grateful for the experience.

Cons

Increase volatility in recent years with restructuring. Hopefully things settle with clearer strategic direction in place.

2.0
9 Jun 2026
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Pros

Lots of smart people to work with and learn from. Onsite office is great.

Cons

Leadership and middle management will do anything to make themselves look good to c-levels , will go as far as taking credit for work not done by them. Every 3-4 months for years and prior to me working there, org goals change at a dime with no heads up and expectations are to perform excellently.

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