Wonderful colleagues, but limited job security for project-based staff - Project Staff DAI Employee Review

2.0
Jan 14, 2021
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Pros

Smart, kind, supportive colleagues Opportunities for travel

Cons

Silos between corporate and project staff and difficult for project staff to move into other positions and have a sense of job security Clients can treat experienced DAI staff like interns and not understand or value their expertise

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5.0
Jan 26, 2026
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Pros

Highly professional, top notch technical experts in several fields

Cons

Work subject to USG funding

4.0
Feb 6, 2026
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Pros

Strong culture of integrity. Absolutely spectacular colleagues. Super interesting work.

Cons

Basically denuded of staff due to USAID cuts. Upper management had become obsessed with performance against metrics that were poorly fit to the business, and were focused entirely on how they might meet those metrics this week, without looking ahead to how to make structural improvements over the longer term.

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