Poor coordination, lack of experience - Anonymous employee Partners in Health Employee Review

While people are attracted to PIH by a genuine interest to help, the organization is not ready to deploy people in countries in an effective way. The organization is carried by the clout (and funding) brought by one individual but has virtually no experienced field managers. The organization doesn't know how to work in coordination with partners, governments or even internally. It's one thing to not be constrained by worries about sustainability, it's quite another to be so ineffective in coordination that major initiatives are created in full knowledge that they will end up in failure. In the process, it creates unnecessary complications to deal with, destroys coordination efforts and represents a huge waste of resources. All the while, they continue to write book about Global Health based on their experience mainly in Haiti (which is not always praised in that country), hold gala dinners and talk about their successes...