UNHCR reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(842 total reviews)
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António Guterres

76% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

UNHCR has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 842 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UNHCR 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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842 reviews
3.0
Mar 30, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

UNHCR does what it can to help their staff, but there are still abusive managers in places far from their Geneva and Copenhagen head quarters.

Cons

There is a lot of affiliate work force that does the same or more than the amount of work of the UNHCR staff. However, they get less benefits and have less protection. While they do the same amount, they are treated like second class citizens. Middle managers and officers are bullying and verbally abusive to staff. However, management are often powerless to stop such abuses. There has been incidences if reporting to higher ups, but perpetrators are still in the system and nothing is done about their abusive behavior. Additionally, assistants, associates, and affiliates are hesitant to speak up due to repercussions. This has already occurred in a certain office in south east Asia. Managers are never reviewed by their staff, which should be common on practice.

5.0
Mar 29, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

interesting work, value driven, great atmosphere

Cons

bureaucracy slows projects down considerably

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