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 83 reviews)); "Great staff and very helpful." ((in 74 reviews)); "Good benefits and some of the people were wonderful to work with" ((in 72 reviews)); "Good work environment and work/life balance" ((in 40 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 114 reviews)); "Poor Management Structure" ((in 65 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)); "Salary is low but encouraging" ((in 40 reviews)); "Reported to an outsourced employee which led to poor leadership and no direction" ((in 32 reviews))

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3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,406 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 1,406 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

Feb 6, 2013

Great mission but top heavy and bureaucratic

Project manager

Recommend

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Pros

-- Great mission -- Money raised really goes to the people being served -- Very talented, dedicated staff members -- Staff is very aware of and dedicated to the mission -- Good benefits -- Generous sick time

Cons

-- Very top heavy organization with many directors, associate directors, deputy directors, etc. -- Large salary gap between the higher ups and those lower down with little opportunity for middle ground -- Very bureaucratic with many levels of to go through before things get done -- Heavy reliance on consultants -- Power struggles at the top -- Little connection of HQ staff to the field.

3.0

Jan 18, 2025

Good local offices. HQ is horrible.

Shift supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Most local office staff are dedicated to the work and care about clients. Good PTO and insurance. Given limited resources, services tend to be good to clients to the best of staff ability.

Cons

The CEO makes over $1,000,000 per year. Look up the average nonprofit CEO salary in NYC for reference on how appalling that is. The jump between salaries in field offices and HQ is criminal. The money stays at the top, funding TONS of HQ staff who do… what exactly? Select HQ staff advocate for local offices and see the lack of support we receive. Most HQ staff are clearly there for the paycheck. When US offices started to unionize last year, massive pushback came from HQ. They don’t care about field staff or the reality on the ground, unfortunately. Also, ECU (ethics and compliance unit) complaints seem to go absolutely nowhere. Some incredibly unethical things happen in offices that are reported and never addressed.

1.0

Oct 17, 2023

Overwhelming demand and very little support

Supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Incredibly dedicated colleagues with passion to support refugees

Cons

Numerous. Management is so out of touch of what the daily needs of clients are and provide no support. Under-resourced staff are charged with finding solutions to systems or issues they are vastly underpaid to solve. The pay is horrible, there is no safe place to raise concerns and management retaliate against anyone who raises concerns. Extremely toxic work environment and constant harm is being done to clients because of how poorly run the organization is. If I could give zero stars I would.

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