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 18 reviews)); "I had cool colleagues who were ready to induct me into the company and lively team members who made me feel apart of the Family." ((in 10 reviews)); "A great opportunity to do work that you can be proud of." ((in 8 reviews)); "Great working environment" ((in 7 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 25 reviews)); "Management is poor and disorganized" ((in 19 reviews)); "Long hours; Lots of travels to the field;" ((in 10 reviews)); "Compensation is very low." ((in 8 reviews)); "I think the benefits are fairly good if you compare IPA to similar organisations in the area." ((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

Company ratings over time

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

4.0

Jan 26, 2024

Basically focused on translating data to inform public policy

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Diversity, equity, worklife balance and accountability

Cons

Nothing as Cons. Very happy working there

4.0

Jan 12, 2024

Cool place to learn quantitative skills

Research associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are a lot of smart people that help you learn new things. There are other opportunities because IPA is in more than 20 countries

Cons

Too much focus on quantitative details. In my time, every project was identical to the previous one and it got really boring. They charge universities and organisations more than what they pay for your salaries.

3.0

Oct 26, 2023

Overall worthwhile experience, but exploitative of international staff

Managing director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great work ethic and incredible talent

Cons

Too many to list overall, but the global leadership is detached from local government and what is needed on the ground. That's the simplest way to put it. Rather than shifting power towards countries and empowering them with data and capacity addition as needed, they shift power towards global academics who are mostly interested in their own heirarchical struggles in academia, are under-funded, and don't have much of an understanding of long-term growth and change in countries.

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