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Amnesty International

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Amnesty International reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(560 total reviews)

Agnes Callamard

66% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Amnesty International has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 560 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amnesty International 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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560 reviews
2.0
Nov 20, 2015
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Pros

You will meet some very passionate, thoughtful, creative, and intelligent people working here. Don't let the sometimes awful rotten apples in positions of power distract you from that.

Cons

Amnesty is a microcosm of the world. The same issues that plague us out there, from classism, to greed, to lack of compassion, are still at play here. There is a reason they've unionized. It's because they give lavish salaries and often times outrageous golden parachutes to those at the top and then nickel and dime everybody at the bottom. Yes, they people working for you deserve a living wage.

1.0
Jan 19, 2015
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Pros

A great cause and brand. The opportunity to hear about and meet incredible HRDs and their stories.

Cons

The Management do not know what they are doing and are hardly in the office. They are cowardly and outsource work and decision to agencies. Bullying is also tolerated- it's just shameful. Amnesty international UK exists on dining out on its name and past glories whereas the reality is the leadership and lady at the helm are terrible and rely on lower staff and ( naive enthusiasm of it's) volunteers to do all the work. Most of the management have been their years - some have never worked anywhere else, and probably wouldn't get a job elsewhere. Good staff are 'let go' as they would challenge management and this unfair status quo - Hence the high turnover. Its so sad - Amnesty and its members deserve a hold lot more.

1.0
Mar 30, 2018

Nightmare Organization

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Pros

Some of the people you meet and work with are incredible, and can remain lifelong friends. Decent benefits. Looks good on your CV.

Cons

Tyrannical upper management. Absolute shark tank with minimal to no job security, operating in a top-down pressure cooker of stress. Middle management try to look out for their teams, but become crushed. The organization is more interested in rapid expansion and ROI than investing in their staff, and as a result, management is chaotic and uses gaslighting tactics to keep their brand externally in tact. Opportunity for growth is contingent upon likability rather than competency. HR knows what they're doing though, and they cover every single angle to keep the Department of Labor from tearing the place to shreds. Further, while they grind regular employees to the bone for donations, management is happy to drop $1,000+ of company money for excessive dinners in SoHo to "boost morale." I should clarify that this is for management, however, and regular employees are entitled to free coffee in the breakroom, and the occasional company-bought pizza. Unless you are making money for the organization, upper management doesn't care about you. They would rather force your resignation or sniff out any reason for involuntary termination rather than invest in the quality of existing staff. The turnover rate is astonishing. Demotions are common. This place is a nightmare, and it's an incredible irony that they tout themselves as a human rights organization when it's a house of cards.

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