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Bad management practices - Anonymous employee Public Health Institute Employee Review

1.0
Jun 8, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits are great. HR is largely supportive. Onboarding process is very well organized. Nice offices on the 10th floor. Flexible schedules are appreciated.

Cons

PHI really just functions as an umbrella institution with 70+ programs and initiatives that act like nonprofit organizations. Each program and initiative is responsible for fundraising for projects and admin costs and need to give a certain percentage of funds to PHI. I joined a program that has underspent funds consistently for years which has led to a few big donors pulling out their investment or reducing their commitment from the program. I also saw shockingly bad management practices. For example, the program lied about the state of funding to staff, telling them that everyone's position is safe but not saying that it's only for another 6 months if no big funding comes in. The program laid off project coordinators with only two weeks' notice when they've known about it for 8 months. The program has allowed business travel combined with personal travel and charging personal expenses to the program.

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5.0
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Pros

Generous PTO and holidays, really helpful HR dept

Cons

Not much normalization for alternative work schedules like every other Friday off or 4-day work weeks.

3.0
Mar 28, 2026
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Pros

Remote work with flexible hours as needed. Great to be a part of such mission driven work. Health insurance and retirement matching are incredible.

Cons

Experience can vary based on your program and PI/PD. There seems to be no accountability for PI/PD's and there's no way for employees to safely communicate concerns without fear of retribution or retaliation, leading to very toxic work environments where lower-level staff get the short end of the stick. Given that programs are grant-funded, PI/PD's can also cut/reduce staff's FTE and then delegate tasks to staff remaining without any salary/title change, leading to burnout, frustration and low team morale.

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