Well-oiled machine - Deputy Chief of Party DAI Employee Review

4.0
27 Jun 2022
Recommend
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Pros

DAI is a very solid and well-oiled machine that knows how to implement USG projects catering to USAID while giving their teams the liberty to do the programmatic work that needs to be done. Very smart and caring people both in the field and in HQ.

Cons

With so many systems and policies in place, sometimes it can be hard to navigate them so a smart and caring backstopping team is critical. Unfortunately, folks who are backstopping in HQ do not always have field experience hence are less capable of providing the support in the shape or form that is needed.

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5.0
26 Jan 2026
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Pros

Highly professional, top notch technical experts in several fields

Cons

Work subject to USG funding

4.0
6 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Strong culture of integrity. Absolutely spectacular colleagues. Super interesting work.

Cons

Basically denuded of staff due to USAID cuts. Upper management had become obsessed with performance against metrics that were poorly fit to the business, and were focused entirely on how they might meet those metrics this week, without looking ahead to how to make structural improvements over the longer term.

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