Weak HR, Bleeding Talent, Toxic - Project Manager DAI Employee Review

3.0
Jun 13, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Talented people, good benefits, exciting field-level projects

Cons

Extremely weak HR, salary only as good as you can negotiate, % of increments dependent on if management likes you, strange dynamic of toxic corporate staff sent to head projects in the field and not held accountable for mass staff resignations

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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
Recommend
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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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