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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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

Jun 9, 2017

Research Coordinator

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great experience in Impact Evaluation and working with hot shot Economists in top places.

Cons

Long hours; Lots of travels to the field;

3.0

Mar 10, 2017

It was great working as a field officer at IPA, you get to know lots of people and travel a lot.

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

At least they care about the employees by providing them with all necessary materials and adequate information before field work starts

Cons

The renumeration is so poor and most times they fail to pay a per diem for temporary jobs and still expect an employee to relocate to a new place even though it's going to be a one month assignment

4.0

Feb 15, 2017

You know what you're getting in to

Research associate

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Tons of responsibility -Amazing international jobs -options for continuation -You're working a job that makes a difference -Management at least understands what work you're going through and tries to compensate you (comp days, let off early, etc.)

Cons

-very little money for what you're worth -not a ton of support -it's a lot of work (more than 9-5) -Irregular work schedule (sometimes very long stressful days, sometimes you have nothing to do)

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