Pros
The mission of providing quality sexual and reproductive health care is a worthwhile one. Many long-time employees and middle managers are great at what they do, work hard, and are a pleasure to work with.
Cons
Senior leadership is ineffective and kowtows to the CEO’s every whim. Tremendous time can be wasted on minor projects focused on pleasing the Board of Directors. This has a trickle down effect as senior leadership delegates much of their actual work to their staff, who have their own jobs to do. The effects can be seen in the very high turnover rate in middle management positions. Some departments have such high turnover, its quite rare for someone to stay for more than six months, despite the hit that kind of short tenure takes on one’s resume. Strategic decisions are often based on passing fads. The organization has become increasingly top-heavy over time. Some jobs have been moved to consultant positions. Unfortunately the Board sees none of this, and only sees what is presented to them at their quarterly meetings. They have shown no interest in conducting any sort of 360 appraisal... it’s easier to take the CEO’s word that everything is “super” than have to deal with the actual facts that the organization is very sick. Unless this changes, senior leadership will remain dysfunctional to the point that all staff are effected, and to the point that it is impossible to recommend CFHC as a place to work.