International Rescue Committee reviews

Maybe this will change with the drastic decline in fortunes for refugee resettlement today, but you will never been gaslit or talked down to as much as you will be at IRC. Your experience, expertise and institutional knowledge will be dismissed on a near daily basis. Local leadership and HQ suffered ivory tower syndrome on profound level in the years I spent there. Very little upward mobility and you were constantly reminded of your supposed deficiencies. Sadly, the awful attitudes were not limited to higher leadership. During COVID, the majority of staff were allowed to work 100% remotely, including most senior leadership, and the office remained closed way, way longer than most other agencies in the area. Only certain staff were expected to risk their health and well-being, and there was always a tone-deaf deference to HQ and pleasing funders. Many staff were all too happy to take cushy remote jobs (but happily take credit for things front line staff were actually doing). Many were embarrassingly entitled, especially those hired after COVID began.

NGOs are quite volatile so the financial situation can often change leading to uncertainty in staff about job security (especially in overhead functions)