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      Oxfam

      Engaged Employer

      Oxfam reviews

      3.9

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (1,668 total reviews)
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      Mark Goldring

      67% approve of CEO

      52% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Culture & values

      3.9

      Work/Life balance

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Compensation and benefits

      Oxfam has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,668 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oxfam 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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      2K reviews
      3.0
      Jul 25, 2013

      A great place to learn and make friends for life.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great people to work with, and a great mission to support

      Cons

      Wide gap in compensation between Managment and Staff

      4.0
      Jul 7, 2013

      very good

      Marketing executive
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      wonderful organization to be working with, for someone keen to be engaged in social welfare. oxfam is renowned for its work in the women empowerment and girl child education space, and is genuinely involved in the areas.

      Cons

      less information about projects to marketing people

      4.0
      Jun 13, 2013

      Great organisation doing great work, despite being undermined by bureaucracy and high staff turnover.

      Fundraising
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Inspiring place to work; your effort matters and will directly benefit others. Colleagues are motivated, hard working, knowledgeable and mostly friendly. The mix of age groups, nationalities and cultures is very interesting to be part of. Work content is varied and stimulating, you get to see the big picture and the details. Scope to travel to and/or learn about issues and places you'd never know about otherwise. Oxford offers a good - but not cheap - quality of life.

      Cons

      Induction is prefunctory given there is a massive amount to learn in this complex organisation. Huge bureaucracy, loads of administrative flim-flam, hard to feel effective in your role. Inefficiency, training / intro to Oxfam courses not happening until long after they'd be useful. Continual interruptions to attend briefings and meetings of little tangible benefit, though they did have the upside of not spending the entire day glued to a computer screen. Lot of silos, surprisingly little interaction between different teams/depts/confederation members. Surprisingly high staff turnover, particularly at senior management level. Horrible location on the ring road, no where to go at lunch except staff canteen. Poor payers compared to their peers.

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