Does Amnesty International pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Amnesty International employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Amnesty International. This rating has decreased by 11% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Amnesty International?

55% of Amnesty International employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Amnesty International 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Amnesty International?

Intern (42) , Fundraiser (25) , Researcher (23) , Canvasser (21) , Campaigner (20) , Internship (18) , Volunteer (14) , Field Representative (12) , Coordinator (10) , Team Leader (8) , Manager (7) , Street Fundraiser (7) , Director (6) , Research Assistant (6) , Captador De Fondos (5)

What are the pros of working at Amnesty International according to real employee reviews?

"The people are great and care very much about causes." ((in 78 reviews)); "Impact the job has on human rights and people's lives; great colleagues" ((in 46 reviews)); "Good pay and usually working with really cool people who want to make a difference." ((in 20 reviews)); "Rigorous research and dedicated staff." ((in 17 reviews)); "Great culture and prof dev" ((in 9 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Amnesty International according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management" ((in 38 reviews)); "Like most NGOs: low salary" ((in 22 reviews)); "Lack of direction and leadership at the top" ((in 12 reviews)); "not enough training and working outside" ((in 11 reviews)); "Awful managers, no care for fundraisers' wellbeing, very superficial and cold." ((in 9 reviews))

What are employees saying about Amnesty International layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Amnesty International layoffs and their outlook for job security at Amnesty International in 2026.

Amnesty International reviews

3.5

55% would recommend to a friend

(563 total reviews)

Agnes Callamard

53% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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Amnesty International has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 563 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amnesty International employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the ONG y Organizaciones sin fines de lucro industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

563 reviews

4.0

Jul 6, 2014

Huge potential, dreadful senior management

Deputy director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Wonderful colleagues across various departments, good opportunities for cross-departmental working, incredible global movement

Cons

Massive movement wide restructuring (constant but increasing) is hugely destabilizing and morale is currently very low among staff

1.0

Jul 3, 2014

Creatively stifling, bureaucratic, self-serving hierarchy & self righteous indignation.Wasteful & lacking impact.

Campaigner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice holidays. Cosmopolitan staff. Clean working environment and a good annual football trip.

Cons

Ego's of Human Rights Heroes. Abundance of passive aggressive attitudes. No accountability. Hierarchical, outdated and irrelevant. Deeply conservative and twee. Preaches to the converted and strategies consistently fail.

1.0

Jul 1, 2014

Great mission. Completely dysfunctional

Growth and mobilization project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

In terms of its mission it is truly one of the most inspiring and important places anyone with a social conscience could want to work.

Cons

People promoted based on their passion for human rights do not good managers make! That, coupled with an outdated 'us and them' mentality on the part of the staff 'union' make this a very unpleasant place to work. Add to that a slow and bureaucratic decision-making process, driven (in the loosest sense of the term) by the 'movement' (also an oxymoron in the context) mean Amnesty is too often slow and ineffective and lacking credibility on one of the most important issues faced by so many millions of people in the world.

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