OSCE reviews

3.8

78% would recommend to a friend

(265 total reviews)

Helga Maria Schmid

73% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

OSCE has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 265 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The OSCE employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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265 reviews
1.0
Oct 30, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Programmatic work is interesting. Cost of living (especially rent) is low. Young population in Kosovo.

Cons

Extreme bureaucracy. Nepotism in recruitment and generally dysfunctional HR. Rampant sexism at all levels, especially from senior management. My female colleagues get regularly mistreated and men talk about them in sexual terms. Impact of work is minimal. Most staff are simply justifying their existence by filing paperwork. I left as new leadership came in, but my former colleagues tell me nothing has changed. Some bad seeds left and hopefully good people will replace them.

1.0
May 10, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Travel to cool locations and flexibility in programming

Cons

Terrible work environment and incompetent leadership

2.0
Dec 4, 2021

Toxic workplace

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Reliable workplace for salary and getting days off as per rights afforded in national legislation.

Cons

Toxic workplace, too much office politics, especially in missions: my review is based on Albania experience. High turnover in both national and international staff should be a red flag. Compensation far below peer IOs. Dubious hiring practices with underqualified candidates getting best jobs while better options driven out. Quality of management and workers has gone downhill over the years due to bad reputation and low compensation. Terrible leadership. Death by 1000 buroacratic paper cuts, especially in procurement.

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