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 147 reviews)); "The environment and colleagues are great!" ((in 81 reviews)); "Good benefits and some of the people were wonderful to work with" ((in 79 reviews)); "Great staff and very helpful." ((in 74 reviews)); "Good work environment and work/life balance" ((in 37 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 109 reviews)); "Poor Management Structure" ((in 70 reviews)); "Salary is low but encouraging" ((in 44 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 43 reviews)); "Reported to an outsourced employee which led to poor leadership and no direction" ((in 33 reviews))

What are employees saying about International Rescue Committee layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about International Rescue Committee layoffs and their outlook for job security at International Rescue Committee in 2026.

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3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,408 total reviews)

David Miliband

71% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 1,408 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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3.0

May 2, 2023

Overworked, SEVERELY Underpaid

Small business program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing coworkers, amazing clients and the mission is unbeatable. Such an incredible experience that enriched my life. They have pretty good health benefits.

Cons

Very overworked and purposely underpaid through lowballing in grant requests and such. The employees are so stretched thin that it's a revolving door of employees coming and going in short amounts of time. Amazing mission to work for, but very few opportunities for growth.

4.0

Dec 26, 2022

Great mission, a little disorganized

Program assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get to work with people from all over the world, different walks of life, and different cultures- to me that is invaluable life experience and I appreciate it so much. A very important mission and the work is actually making a difference in our clients lives. Lots of PTO, pretty good benefits (health is changing in 2023, a little more expensive for the option that was most comparable to 2022's plan), a culture of addressing and speaking about systemic racism and power imbalances, but... it feels like it ends at that conversation. at least there is a conversation for a start. Pays better than other NGOs.

Cons

Pay is underfunded for the work being done, disorganized, leadership isn't really aware of the day to day of program staff. lots of policies, procedures, and systems. Feels quite silo'd. I have provided professional feedback about my manager more than once and haven't seen any sort of change in their behaviors, which is a bit disheartening.

3.0

Oct 29, 2021

Space to move in return for intense workload

Grants manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is a big organization that values internal candidates because it takes so long to learn the internal ways of working, so it is easy to salary hop and move towards your interests once you have been there a year or so

Cons

It is not well structured and the support systems are limited outside of HQ so you can expect to be working all evenings with little guidance and scolded if you get things wrong. “Resilience” is one of four pillars of the “success model” that the performance review (and pay increase) is based on and that is interpreted by poorly equipped managers.

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