Pros
The founder is a legitimately good man with sound intentions, who has done more than most to further a cause he cares about. I don't blame him for not wanting to confront, or perhaps not being able to see, the harsh realities that have beset the organization he created. I have heard they are building a Board of Directors, and I do genuinely hope that will provide him with the perspective and support necessary to begin process of rehabilitation.
Cons
I almost didn't post a review because the existing ones provide a nearly perfect snapshot of the utter disfunction of this well-meaning org. To date, there are a bunch of reviews from former employees that more or less encapsulate my own experience and the experience of every employee I ever knew, most of which focus on the despair they felt working for, and being victimized by, the paranoid, untethered, vindictive CEO. These are followed by a number of paranoid, untethered, vindictive reviews celebrating the great achievements of a god-like CEO and lamenting his endless battle against the many forces conspiring to take him down (for some reason). It has been a number of years since I worked at Better Markets, and long since the wounds have healed and I stopped paying much attention to the drama that consumes that place. Reading through these reviews was perhaps somewhat cathartic, and a poignant reminder of how relieved I was to get far away from that place. But it is also quite sad to see that there has been no discernible improvement in what was a deeply troubled organization several years ago, and indeed it seems to have gotten demonstrably worse. The CEO seems to be in the midst of a public nervous breakdown, and this most recent crop of ex-employees seem to be more deeply and personally traumatized by their experience than used to be the case. It's tragic, and I take no pleasure in seeing this unfold here.
