Will stab you in the back - Contractor DAI Employee Review

1.0
Jan 18, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

I cannot think of any.

Cons

In my experience, and the experience of a number of other former staff whom I know, DAI cannot be trusted once you are sent into the field. They will scapegoat you for their own failures. They do not care how cutting you from a contract will impact your life. They are the type of folks who claim to be in the business of helping the world through international development yet have no concern for the individual.

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Cons

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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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