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 19 reviews)); "amazing and smart colleagues" ((in 12 reviews)); "A great opportunity to do work that you can be proud of." ((in 8 reviews)); "Managers understand and give time for problem" ((in 6 reviews)); "Great environment with co workers and bosses" ((in 4 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 24 reviews)); "Management is poor and disorganized" ((in 17 reviews)); "Long hours; Lots of travels to the field;" ((in 10 reviews)); "Heavy workload, low compensation, tiring" ((in 9 reviews)); "Very short contracts which results to No job security" ((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

3.0

Nov 17, 2021

Great people, high turnover

Research associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing colleagues and great flexibility / benefits

Cons

Focus is on helping PIs publish, less about actually helping the communities where the research is done

3.0

Nov 4, 2021

Stepping stone

Field officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Networking and raw data collection experience

Cons

Very short contracts with alot of restrictions

2.0

Oct 27, 2021

IPA - not a good place to develop a long career

Country director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Engage world-class researchers and this is the only advantage.

Cons

Discriminatory in terms of job awarded from HQ versus country offices, does not value local staff, and does not value long-time employees. Salaries for the local staff are significantly lower than international staff. Growth opportunity is extremely limited.

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