A lot a canvassing, which isn't fun, but pay and benefits are good. - Anonymous employee UNHCR Employee Review

4.0
Feb 9, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fun team to work with, supportive and have sense of humor. The pay is better than what most fundraising organizations give and the new management at the DC office was particularly caring of employees.

Cons

Fundraising in harsh conditions such as staying outside in freezing cold and scorching heat for 6 hours a day (except for a lunch and other shorter breaks). Strict quotas, the main thing employees complained about was lack of job security, the stress motivated people to always be looking for other jobs.

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5.0
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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

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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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