National Geographic Society reviews

A lot of focus has been placed on the new Museum project, but this has often come at the expense of staff, who are shouldering heavier workloads and dealing with a declining office environment as construction continues. Leadership seems to have lost touch with the organization’s core mission and its commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, particularly in today’s evolving sociopolitical landscape. Senior management tends to be out of touch with lower-level employees, and direction and goals seem to shift constantly with little communication, clarity, or transparency. There’s limited opportunity for career growth, with board-level decisions restricting both salary increases and promotions, meaning success often depends more on the missteps of others. Morale varies widely across departments.

Terrible, insecure, toxic leadership! Too top heavy especially in Comms division with people who have little experience in the areas they lead. A lot of discrimination that prevents promotions, raises and opportunities. If you have the right "look" and talk the right "talk," you'll rocket to the top and travel the world to hang out with Explorers in the field for "relationship building". For example, the current CCO was a intern 10 years ago, came to NGS entry level and rocketed to the Csuite by spending all his time managing up (never down). He has little people-managing experience, or real world experience outside of NGS but he's a master manipulator who knows how to pit people against each other.