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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Ratings trend for the last 6 months (245 reviews)

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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

Jan 25, 2012

Stressful experience with long hours and little pay

Project coordinator

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Business Outlook

Pros

Incredible opportunities for learning - lots of responsibilities, technical skills development, management opportunities. Wonderfully interesting and exciting projects that add value to a CV!

Cons

Ridiculously long hours, low pay, lack of support and respect from management, unrealistic expectations put on employees, and generally poor working conditions

1.0

Sep 29, 2024

don't work here

Manager

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CEO approval

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Pros

okay salary \ vibrant colleagues

Cons

People Officer, Regional Director, Operations Director, IT Director, HR Director, 2 HR Managers, Security Manager either fired or asked to leave, all in the past year, commonality is they are all black. All other blacks work extra hard to be outstanding, never meet the standards of mediocre white colleagues.. If you are black, don't join. If you are white, join.. mediocrity getting you promoted quickly to chief leadership levels. financial mismanagement and finance department incompetence, running out of funds to pay salaries.

2.0

Feb 23, 2024

Not great, hard to make a living

Policy manager

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Pros

It's an NGO so mood is pretty optimistic and chill Benefits aren't bad (good healthcare plan) Can't think of anything else, it's just not so good

Cons

Salaries are very, very, very low Turnover is crazy, people leave all the time Hard to build relationships with coworkers, it's everyone on its own Management is poor and disorganized Worst HR department Ive seen

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