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A great mission, egregiously managed - Avis employé Product Wikimedia Foundation

2,0
30 juin 2017
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Avantages

- Great mission: desire to bring "all the world's knowledge to all the world's people." - Passionate employees - World travel - Ability to work remotely at will - Coworkers from around the world to learn from - Autonomy

Inconvénients

- Democratic to the point that decisionmaking is extremely difficult, slowing down product development - Tech (MediaWiki software) is very old-fashioned and inaccessible to would-be volunteers - Non-inclusive; if you haven't worked here since the beginning and/or do not have an aggressive personality type, no one will listen to you or take you seriously - Management thinks they understand sexism and diversity but make classic sexist and non-inclusive mistakes in hiring practices, promotions, and conflict resolution. - Criteria for advancement is not clear and varies vastly from department to department based on that team's management's attention to it. Some people are promoted every year with no previous experience, while others don't even qualify for promotion for several years, even with extensive previous experience in their field. - Re-orgs and inner turmoil abound. A lot of energy is spent trying to organize itself, its priorities, it's strategy, etc. - Many people in management have never managed before, and it shows. However, they are largely protected, even if they cost the org donors great amounts of money because of their inability to steward those funds and other resources properly - Underperformers and people who do not complete projects or show up aren't held accountable - If you mention any issues you are marked, and dismissed, unless you are in management or have other status in the movement

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Réponse de Wikimedia Foundation
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Thank you so much for your review. We're sorry to hear about some of your experiences during your time at the Wikimedia Foundation, and you bring up some very valuable points of critical feedback and areas for improvement. I wanted to respond to a couple of specific points of feedback here, with the understanding that that we will bring up all points of feedback with the appropriate stakeholders. I did want to highlight one area of improvement that has been of significant focus for us over the past year: diversity and inclusion. This is something that’s of critical importance to us as an organization. To reflect a global movement, the Foundation also needs to reflect a workforce of people with diverse experiences. Right now, we're currently in the middle of running an inclusion survey to better understand and measure our progress in creating a diverse place of work. We also consistently plan and host diversity recruiting events, encourage and support staff in creating various resource groups for support in building an inclusive organization, and more. We understand that change doesn't come overnight, and we wholeheartedly believe that listening to the voices of staff and our community of volunteers will allow us to continue to improve and better serve the movement.

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5,0
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Avantages

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Inconvénients

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4,0
26 sept. 2024
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Avantages

- L'assurance maladie est entièrement financée par Wikimedia, même pour les personnes à charge. - Le HSA est presque entièrement financé par Wikimedia jusqu'aux montants maximum de l'IRS. - 4 % de contrepartie 401k. - Les gens sont très sympathiques et la culture est très positive. - Premier lieu de travail à distance.

Inconvénients

- Wikimedia ADORE les réunions. Nous avons des réunions sur les réunions. Beaucoup trop de réunions par rapport à la norme du secteur. - Sous-effectif et sous-budget. On demande aux équipes de faire plus avec moins. Nous fonctionnons comme une entreprise technologique, mais sans le budget du fait que nous sommes une organisation à but non lucratif. On nous demande de mener des initiatives spécifiques, mais aussi de réduire les coûts. Ces deux choses ne coïncident pas toujours. - Les gens peuvent s'en sortir en ne travaillant pas à égalité avec le reste de leur équipe/collègues. Certains employés de niveau junior ne font pas toujours de leur mieux pour apprendre et grandir et passent plutôt à des employés de niveau senior même s'il s'agit d'une tâche de très niveau junior. - L'équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée pourrait être meilleur. Parfois, on me contacte en dehors des heures de travail. - Les congés maladie et les vacances sont très limités. Ayant une famille, vous pouvez très vite manquer de congés maladie lorsque vous devez vous absenter pour prendre soin des autres et de vous-même. - Faible salaire par rapport à la norme du secteur ou à d'autres entreprises technologiques.

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