Does International Rescue Committee pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, International Rescue Committee employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at International Rescue Committee. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at International Rescue Committee?

70% of International Rescue Committee employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated International Rescue Committee 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.9 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at International Rescue Committee?

Intern (143) , Caseworker (55) , Project Manager (32) , Program Manager (30) , Employment Specialist (27) , Immigration Intern (24) , Program Coordinator (23) , Program Officer (19) , Case Manager (18) , Coordinator (17) , Director (17) , Internship (17) , Manager (15) , Finance Officer (14) , Economic Empowerment Intern (13)

What are the pros of working at International Rescue Committee according to real employee reviews?

"Meet great people committed to the cause and learning better ways to conduct comms work." ((in 146 reviews)); "The environment and colleagues are great!" ((in 86 reviews)); "Great staff and very helpful." ((in 78 reviews)); "Good benefits and some of the people were wonderful to work with" ((in 71 reviews)); "Good work environment and work/life balance" ((in 38 reviews))

What are the cons of working at International Rescue Committee according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is low and you will be overworked" ((in 111 reviews)); "Poor Management Structure" ((in 67 reviews)); "Salary is low but encouraging" ((in 45 reviews)); "The only downside is that it's an unpaid internship and it caters more to privileged individuals who can afford an unpaid internship." ((in 41 reviews)); "Reported to an outsourced employee which led to poor leadership and no direction" ((in 31 reviews))

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3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,407 total reviews)

David Miliband

71% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

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4.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.5

Career opportunities

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Senior management

International Rescue Committee has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,407 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The International Rescue Committee 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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4.0

Mar 24, 2014

Passionate staff, antiquated business processes and top down structure

Program officer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Local offices have wonderful, passionate staff, many of whom were former beneficiaries One of the fastest responders to humanitarian crises displacing populations, highly specialized in our work One of the best, most innovation in refugee resettlement work domestically THe ability to work domestically on an international development issue with an organization that also provides aid internationally

Cons

HQ structure is way risk averse, doesn't trust local affiliate staff, high turnover in local EDs. Business processes are slow, paper heavy, systems aren't integrated, therefore communication suffers and local staff have a very disconnected view of the HQ vision and structure

2.0

Feb 12, 2025

Bad management

Strategic events manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Mission driven, the in-country work and field office resettlement work is impressive

Cons

Terrible upper management. Lack of transparency with staff, upper management just hires their buddies (rampant cronyism), and micro-management on small things which then make your job very unnecessarily difficult. Very difficult to get promoted or get a raise (and I've seen them fire some of their best staff). People are underpaid resulting in a lack of motivation. They are disrespectful and look down on the US field offices that are completing actual incredible work, favoring the more attractive international humanitarian work. Average turnover rate in the HQ is apparently 11 months which tells you all you need to know.

1.0

Jan 30, 2025

Poor Management. Clueless consultants advising political 'leader' with minimal business acumen

Sr. director

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Travel, Minimal workload, Easy hours

Cons

Leadership is political and led by clueless ex-consultants. Org is not merit based but rather on who you know and how close your relationship is. Management errors are frequent and blamed on lower level staff. $50m overspend in 2023!

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