got the minimum done at lowest common denominator - Program Director UNHCR Employee Review

2.0
Mar 13, 2013
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Pros

providing services and support to refugees meet their basic needs in new environments after suffering conflict and trauma. working with governments and civil society organizations to achieve cooperation.

Cons

disorganized, inefficient, and often run with incompetency, UNHCR is stingy with its partners and often achieves ineffective results through their work due to lack of clear indicators. their work is often rendered less effective due to donor's lack of understanding and implementing partners' personal needs and own internal lack of coordination.

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5.0
Mar 17, 2025
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Pros

multicultural work experience open to telework from home some days better benefits for international positions and more opportunities for career growth

Cons

not easy to always have work balance, depending on the position not many opportunities for career growth for local positions

3.0
Apr 7, 2026
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Pros

Good benefits, you really do help people

Cons

Human Resources takes a highly specialized approach to talent management. In that you cannot really change functions easily in UNHCR. You have to hyper-specialize in one area. So if you are a protection staff, you tend to burn out from trauma without an internal mechanism to alleviate the burnout. The higher you go in UNHCR, the crazier you become.

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