Ventajas
-Opportunity to work with ambitious, talented global team staff and some talented in-country staff -opportunity to work on exciting and innovative projects -high level of responsibility, depending on your position
Desventajas
- extremely high pressure and high disconnect between teams and little guidance from upper management- it's like I'm flying solo but have a weekly inquisition via Skype! -I had no on-boarding to the organization, transition or training into my job. A 30 min working lunch as "on-boarding" is not sufficient. -Extremely questionable financial practices in-country. I know they recently implemented quickbooks, but there needs to be in-country random audits of the country offices. There is some shady stuff going on. -Clear favoritism of staff. No performance reviews or performance goals for new staff compound this problem. People are hired based on personal connections, not on performance. This is a problem across the board for CHAI but seems to be even worse if you're on a Country Team. -no mentoring for junior staff or early career employees -no or limited career growth opportunities -Focus on "sustainability" in hiring practices leads to mediocre in-country staff. You get what you pay for. -I usually work 6 days a week to keep up with the high workload, my position should be split between 2 people. -the attitude in-country that expats are lazy and don't work as hard as local-hire staff is ridiculous. Most of the local hire's that work from 7am-7pm are on facebook half the day and leave by 4pm if the Country Director's out of town.