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Human Rights Watch reviews

3.2

62% would recommend to a friend

(180 total reviews)
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Kenneth Roth

57% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Human Rights Watch has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 180 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Human Rights Watch 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).

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180 reviews
3.0
Mar 5, 2018

No room for growth

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Surrounded by interesting, intelligent people who are willing to share their expertise with you.

Cons

No possibility of growth in entry-level positions. Depending on your manager, the associate role is a glorified secretary,

3.0
Sep 3, 2017

Women's Rights Department Intern

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great name recognition and substantive work

Cons

Easy to feel like you're being abused for your work, aka a lot of research for no compensation

4.0
Jul 24, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Large international human rights organization with a large capacity to work on regional and thematic issues.

Cons

Is very top heavy which leads to few opportunities for growth and to some leadership to stay in the organization for way too long.

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