Pros
(1) Grist's CEO Brady Walkinshaw has transformed Grist in a lot of positive ways over the past two years. He did a lot of impressive and critical work to steady the ship, and more recently has charted an ambitious path forward for the organization that he built staff buy-in and excitement around. (2) The culture at Grist encourages participation and leadership from the bottom up; anyone can speak up with a great idea and not only be heard but be empowered to act. This has been increasingly evident over the last 18 months and is a trend everyone at the team is excited about and is encouraging. (3) Benefits and compensation have improved and are now very competitive in the media landscape as well as the environmental nonprofit landscape. (4) Grist has hired so, so well over the last year. The standards for talent have increased in a fantastic way. It's awesome to look around every day and be blown away by your colleagues. (5) Grist has embarked upon DEIJ work over the past year, which has been heartening and has seen a high rate of participation among the staff. We have made leaps and bounds as an organization on this over the past 2 years. There's more work to be done, but we're headed in a good direction on this and it's great to see authentic buy-in from all levels of the organization.
Cons
No major cons to speak of, honestly. A lot of the issues mentioned in previous glassdoor reviews have been resolved, though of course there's always room to keep improving and Grist is focused on doing so.