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?

"You get to work with incredibly smart, fun, motivated people." ((in 18 reviews)); "IPA provides a great place to learn and grow, with an enjoyable office culture and great colleagues." ((in 13 reviews)); "Great working environment" ((in 7 reviews)); "If you get a great manager, you are lucky." ((in 6 reviews)); "A great opportunity to do work that you can be proud of." ((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 18 reviews)); "Long hours; Lots of travels to the field;" ((in 12 reviews)); "I think the benefits are fairly good if you compare IPA to similar organisations in the area." ((in 7 reviews)); "Heavy workload, low compensation, tiring" ((in 7 reviews))

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3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(245 total reviews)

Annie Duflo

70% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.2

Senior management

3.2

Career opportunities

2.9

Compensation and benefits

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).

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245 reviews

4.0

Oct 31, 2017

IPA

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting work and access to influential economists

Cons

Long hours, not competitive pay

3.0

Oct 27, 2017

Senior field officer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The special things in IPA, the administration personally are so active on listening and finding solutions to the challenges and problems their workers facing

Cons

Their projects are for short time.

4.0

Sep 28, 2017

Overall positive experience

Research associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The biggest pro is your coworkers. You get to work with incredibly smart, fun, motivated people. As most of them have really long working hours, you are very likely to develop deep, lifelong bonds with your companions. You may also learn a lot about development, data analysis and econometrics (depending on your project), and hone your leadership skills. Some of the researchers in IPA are top professors, and if you do a really good job you may get an outstanding recomendation letter. No dressing code and flexible hours too - as long as you are fulfilling your project's objectives.

Cons

Highly demanding tasks in terms of skills and time. For a 3-4 months period I had to work until 11 pm regularly, even on weekends. The same happened to most of my colleagues. There is an implicit expectation from managers and even from not-so-few researchers that the RAs will work as much as the project needs it. Extra hours are usually not paid nor compensated in any way. Some projects have impossible budgets/timelines/objectives, mostly because managers have not planned them properly or because reasearchers have unreal expectations about what job in the field is. You have to learn how to manage-up these problems.

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