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?

"amazing people" ((in 17 reviews)); "amazing and smart colleagues" ((in 10 reviews)); "Great working environment" ((in 7 reviews)); "Managers understand and give time for problem" ((in 6 reviews)); "A great opportunity to do work that you can be proud of." ((in 6 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 26 reviews)); "Management is poor and disorganized" ((in 17 reviews)); "Long hours; Lots of travels to the field;" ((in 10 reviews)); "Compensation is very low." ((in 10 reviews)); "I think the benefits are fairly good if you compare IPA to similar organisations in the area." ((in 5 reviews))

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3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(244 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 244 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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244 reviews

3.0

Mar 5, 2015

A lot of research and managerial experience, long hours and low pay

Research manager

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- amazing and smart colleagues - field experience - a lot of responsibility that preps you for a Phd or that allows you to continue in project implementation

Cons

- low pay - high staff turnover - super long hours - all of your work will depend on the PI you are interacting with - you can be lucky or unlucky

5.0

Oct 28, 2014

Rewarding work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The work is interesting and meaningful and you are contributing to changing the world for the better. People are passionate about what they do.

Cons

There are no clear cons apart from compensation. The job is very rewarding but it would be good to have that reflected in the financial rewards as well.

5.0

Jul 22, 2014

Difficult but incredibly rewarding. The best job I've had

Acting country director

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CEO approval

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Pros

The people were amazing, you were implementing the best recent idea in development in trying conditions with a huge amount of autonomy. It was up to you and the organization was very entrepreneurial. No one in development was working remotely as hard or having anywhere as near as much fun as far as I could tell. If you want the same demanding environment as professional services in the west IPA gives you the opportunity to experience it. The culture of the place was just awesome.

Cons

Compensation was terrible, support was sometimes lacking and staff worked too hard as a result of the lack of support. The organization was going through growing pains and was presumably going to improve some of the lack of safety around travel.

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A lot of research and managerial experience, long hours and low pay

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Difficult but incredibly rewarding. The best job I've had

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