Pros
*Everyone seems to be propelled by the mission. *The work that is done is interesting and beneficial to wide swaths of people. *Extremely intelligent co-workers. *Learning environment - you will learn more than any graduate degree could practically teach. *Benefits of working at the foundation are great.
Cons
*Culture is a bit "stuffy" at times - each workspace is eerily quiet, despite the foundation heavily endorsing collaboration. *Very flat - unless you achieve a PhD or other professional degree while employed, you will never move up from being an assistant or coordinator. No lateral or vertical movement. *As mentioned in other reviews, a culture of "no, I'm smarter than YOU" can be picked up on in many instances. *Every officer / director / executive has an assistant. As an assistant, emailing anyone who is not also an assistant directly will most likely go unnoticed. The external usage of this is clear, but internally, this creates extreme slowdowns in workflow and getting anything done. *Highly political - claims to have "transparency", but from an internal perspective, you exist in a silo and can never quite figure out what other teams' goals are. *Some assistants have graduate degrees - admirable, but an example of extreme job inflation. You are essentially an administrative assistant.