International Rescue Committee reviews

The upper management come into the job having never worked with individuals with the refugee status. They are unable to manage programs sufficiently without this experience. The nepotism is unmatched, and is evident in all areas of the office. This is known but remains unchanged. The multitude of complaints go un addressed by headquarters and human resources. The current political climate is very uncertain and the local office has had complete departments shut down with little warning. As is true with many companies, the work life balance is talked about, but not practiced. Many employees have worked tirelessly, at times, into the late night, with no acknowledgement and then reminded to practice self-care. This is due to the absence of an understanding of roles and workloads by upper management.

It doesn’t not matter how many years and how much effort you put into working here especially if you are not a favorite of senior management ,they will lay you off the minute they don’t need you especially during the current government cutting most NGO programs. Senior management used to yell at us in meetings and other senior managers would keep quiet and pretend nothing happened and it’s very political.It’s who you know not what you know.