Pros
Being of service to community, meaningful/impactful work, wonderful field-based staff you'll meet and befriend during your time, and the experience you'll gain doing the work.
Cons
TOXIC WORK CULTURE, barely any organizational support/systems/structure/processes, little follow through from basic operational departments, rampant cronyism, inequity, financial mismanagement, embarrassing lawsuits, embarrassing behavior from managers/senior leadership, morally challenged leadership, little employee training/development (you'll get thrown in the deep end,) and simply horrible decisions that trickle from the top... As an organization, CORE is obsessed with the optics of looking like they're doing good rather than actually doing good and supporting the field staff on the front lines working with communities. Its savior complex trumps any potential they may have had and it has been a heartbreak to witness.