Terrible Experience - Community Health Worker Living Goods Employee Review

1.0
4 Nov 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Staff are dedicate and willing to work hard

Cons

- The Liz Jaman woman is a vicious creature. Small-minded and incompetent. Not a leader at all. - The company premises are terrible. Nobody even cleans the compound to get rid of cat faeces. The place is dirty inside and stinks from the compound coming in to the reception. - Fear culture - Your job is not safe you can be kept without contract just hanging there and they can advertise your job while you are there working next to them it's like working with snakes you don't know when they'll bite - Toxic culture - Mean to staff - Disdain of locals is barely hidden - Colonial vibes all around - They will try to lowball you in salary - They don't know how to achieve their targets as a company. It's not clear if they even want to, because obvious actions that should be taken are ignored and proposals are left to rot and die, and ineffectiveness reigns - They use staff to spy on each other - Unqualified student foreigners come in as interns and are promoted to management in the blink of an eye leaving qualified nationals out - Staff are always leaving the company - Undercurrents of hatred towards us as staff - Employee discrimination is there in plain sight - Witch-hunting

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5.0
7 Dec 2023
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Pros

Hugely impactful organization, passionate, kind, and capable leaders and colleagues. Results-driven, collaborative, growth-oriented, inclusive culture.

Cons

Can be challenging to manage the time zone differences between Africa and United States offices.

5.0
31 Oct 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Living Goods surpasses others in terms of impact and sustainability, with strong results and deep commitment to government partnership. It is unique among INGOs as an African company with 98% staff coming from and living in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Uganda and only a handful of globally based staff. People who work here believe in the mission and are all hardworking and driven.

Cons

It is challenging work with a high bar for success. There can be a high workload and overtime. It can be hard to be promoted but leadership has been increasingly focusing on retaining and investing in employees' growth in recent years.

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