Wonderful place to work. - Anonymous employee Commonwealth (MA) Employee Review

*speaking here about Build Commonwealth (MA); I don’t have the ability in this interface to double check this is the right one without getting logged out (?) Plenty of opportunity to talk with clients and potential beneficiaries of pilot programs and experiments to really understand their needs and brainstorm together how to help them; coworkers were empathetic, driven, and fun

Ironically low compensation for the industry, given they assist low to middle income people with gaining financial stability (in 2019 pay was $43-47k for innovation & accelerator team specialists; managers were only slightly higher. Catch, a competitor, was paying double). It was even worse because they could definitely afford to pay more while I was there, according to people then familiar with the finances. There was high turnover as a result, and stressful senior management. They framed the strong interest in open positions as a good reflection on them, but they really should’ve been honest and reflected on why people were so keen to leave.

Good place to work and heavy on the mission of financial security Several avenues to learn from research, design thinking, strategy to stakeholder management, and build knowledge about the industry

When the culture changed, more minorities started leaving and some projects didn't exactly have clarity. HR could do better with really understanding the needs of employees BEYOND only what their manager reports. Favoritism was a thing and someone on the SVP level kept picking on minorities for no reason, hence why most of them level at some point. More investigation needs to be done.