The RSA Reviews

Can't speak for higher levels, but if you're looking at grade 5 coordinator/officer roles: -Your daily work will hold the organisation together but you will never be recognised or valued for it (new coordinator roles are offering pay ranges lower than when I started) -Bad management = false urgency. You'll do a lot of work and be told it's urgent, before it's scrapped and never sees the light of day again -High turnover rate is depressing -Love of hierarchy, paternalistic approach and incompetence at higher levels means leadership is severely lacking. The place would probably run better with no one in place (see 100% turnover in the business development and research teams and complete loss of the global team) -No development. There's an opaque progression policy and lack of consistency on how performance is judged. You will not move up based on how well you perform -Many new roles are being created without normal recruitment processes (director became COO; CIO left and wasn't replaced; director became Chief of Staff, a role that never existed before) -CEO has terrible communication skills -HR struggle with the basics and complying with the law -Cult energy

Horrific controlling CEO (paying himself £190k as shown in this years annual review on their website - hugely inflated compared to the previous CEO who was excellent) whilst not paying staff a fair wage and blocking any voice or dissent. The Chief Operating Officer seems to enjoy causing suffering to staff. The RSA should be reviewed but unfortunately the Trustees and Chair are naively ignoring all the red flags.