16 Oct 2024
Voting Rights Lab Reviews
3.3
58% would recommend to a friend
59% positive business outlook
Voting Rights Lab has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 15 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.
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15 reviews
2.0
15 Jun 2023
Chaotic leadership and inconsistent organizational values
Former employee, more than 1 year
Washington, DC
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Great benefits - the health insurance was fantastic and the remote work resources given were great. Many of the employees are highly skilled, brilliant, and wonderful co-workers.
Cons
The leadership was inconsistently engaged and there was definitely cronyism involved in both hiring and strategic decision making. The organization lacked values and vision and did not understand who or what it wanted to be in the democracy space, leading to changing goals and inconsistent positioning. Leadership talks a great game on diversity but colleagues of color found it a challenging and often undermining work environment. Critical teams are siloed and policy/subject matter experts were dismissed in a way that I have not seen at other advocacy nonprofits.
4.0
1 May 2023
Good work, good benefits, good people working to make improvements
Anonymous employee
Current employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Voting Rights Lab is a powerful source of research and resources for the national voting rights movement. It has great connections to grassroots groups (i.e. actual voters) in a number of states, and that's important in this line of work. As a work environment, I believe that those in leadership positions care about their employees and want to see them succeed, although some are definitely better about that than others. Pay and benefits are generally strong, and everyone I know is able to maintain a good work/life balance. In some of the areas with the biggest concerns (operations and HR), strong hires have been made to try and address them, and I definitely see progress being made.
Cons
Organizational stability has been hard to come by at times. A lack of organizational direction has led to some missed opportunities and cross-department confusion, and the desire to "do more" has sometimes conflicted with staff capacity and Voting Rights Lab's actual strengths. Otherwise, turnover has been an issue.
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