Pros
* Great, smart coworkers * Usually working for good causes * Paid health care
Cons
* Cofounders are toxic employers. The worst managers I've ever experienced but insist on micromanaging every little detail. They do a terrible job of communicating and blame everyone but themselves for the problems that inevitably arise. * One cofounder in particular is aggressive and churlish, one of the least pleasant people I've ever met. * No work life balance, cofounders expect employees to drop everything and attend to their every whim, regardless of time or day. Politics can be like this, but no appreciation is shown for this extra effort and work completed after a series of badgering texts at 11pm on a Friday can go unreviewed for days or weeks. * Leans heavily on underpaid and overworked staff - it might be a working business model, but given their public stances I think most donors would be appalled to hear what it's like to work there. * High turnover leads to huge wastes in training and regaining lost institutional knowledge.