Pros
- Good networking opportunity for employees with Bay Area companies and schools - Most regional team members are humble and supportive - If you don't ask questions, want to be available 24/7 and say "yes" to everything Spark is the non-profit for you!
Cons
- Low pay - Severe lack of people management training for regional management - HQ is MIA even though they attempt to put out the image of collaboration with inept and pointless working groups - Be prepared to get shouted down if suggesting improvements - Extreme micro-management by both regional and national management: CC/BCC on every single email, an expectation to update colleagues if arriving any time after 9am (yes, that includes 9:05am) and basically being made to convince management to "ok" time off even though they promise unlimited PTO - HR is a joke. Issues range from unsupportive, lying, empty promises and shielding inadequate management and ridiculously overmatched colleagues from criticism or dismissal - Several members of senior leadership can be flat out immature and petty - Don't trust ANYONE at HQ - The more qualified you are, the shorter your stay will be at Spark as they want fresh, out of college (cheap and inexperienced) staff who don't know any better - Oh yeah, the organization as a whole is almost broke
