Does Innovations for Poverty Action pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Innovations for Poverty Action employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Innovations for Poverty Action. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Innovations for Poverty Action?

58% of Innovations for Poverty Action employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Innovations for Poverty Action 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Innovations for Poverty Action?

Research Associate (45) , Field Officer (26) , Research Manager (15) , Research Analyst (12) , Senior Research Associate (9) , Intern (8) , Research Assistant (8) , Field Manager (7) , Project Associate (7) , Manager (6) , Researcher (6) , Associate Research Manager (5) , Project Coordinator (5) , Senior Field Officer (5) , Associate Director (4)

What are the pros of working at Innovations for Poverty Action according to real employee reviews?

"Great group of young, smart, people." ((in 16 reviews)); "IPA provides a great place to learn and grow, with an enjoyable office culture and great colleagues." ((in 14 reviews)); "A great opportunity to do work that you can be proud of." ((in 7 reviews)); "Great working environment" ((in 6 reviews)); "Managers understand and give time for problem" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Innovations for Poverty Action according to real employee reviews?

"Salaries are low and the ranges between staff who do the same amount of work can be absurd." ((in 27 reviews)); "Management is poor and disorganized" ((in 19 reviews)); "Long hours; Lots of travels to the field;" ((in 11 reviews)); "Heavy workload, low compensation, tiring" ((in 8 reviews)); "No work life balance at IPA" ((in 5 reviews))

Innovations for Poverty Action reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(245 total reviews)

Annie Duflo

70% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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Innovations for Poverty Action has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 245 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Innovations for Poverty Action 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

245 reviews

2.0

May 26, 2023

Highly dependent on your location

Research manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Highly talented peers Relevant work

Cons

Disorganized Overworked Underpaid Voiced concerned hardly heard

3.0

Feb 25, 2023

Working at Innovations for Poverty Action

Senior research associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people who work at IPA are talented, passionate and always willing to help you out. You have a very steep learning curve here, so the experience will be great for your future career. You get to work on really interesting projects!

Cons

The benefits are not that good, and salaries are low compared to other NGOs. The workload is pretty extreme, so especially in higher positions you have to work much more than a standard 40 hour work week. There is no good compensation mechanism for this (no paid overtime), and there is often nobody who can step in and help you out.

5.0

May 31, 2022

Heading in the right direction

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- You learn more in 2 years at IPA than you would in 10 years in school - Strong shared sense of mission and values - Access to large network of academics, partners, and projects around the world - Recently undertook compensation review, raising pay in many countries and jobs to be more competitive. - Recently upgraded leadership in IT, HR, and Finance

Cons

- Org is stretched thin over dozens of countries and sectors, and hundreds of grants - Still improving business systems to keep up with this complexity - Staff retention is a problem as the org trains people too well, making them good candidates for universities or other NGOs

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