National Safety Council reviews

A lot of work (but worth it). If you are looking for a career path, this is not the place.

There is inconsistent workload across departments. In some departments you see overwhelmed staff eat at their desks daily. In other departments you see staff take cafeteria breaks several times a day daily in addition to lunch breaks. Some departments are run by experienced skilled and confident managers who know the human resources needed to do the work and they will defend their employees and secure the resources. Other departments do not have this advantage. The culture training drove some negative behaviors underground into passive-aggressive territory. There have been reports of bullying. HR and execs were aware of some instances, but it continued and some people are even promoted. Some staff were negatively affected or left because of this behavior. NSC has a flatter org chart. If you are interviewing for a job that’s below director/senior director level, ask questions about your role and decide if it will help you build skills and experience for career advancement. Some skills like budget and supervisory roles were consolidated at senior director level and above. If you are looking at a manager titled job and you expect budget, supervisor experience, some autonomous decision-making ability, be careful if the job doesn’t include those. For some staff who were at NSC before reorgs, these things were stripped away and led to “dead end” or “where good careers go to die” situations mentioned in other reviews. If you don't want to use these skills in a job, then no problem on this point.