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      3.8

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (841 total reviews)
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      António Guterres

      75% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

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      4.1

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.9

      Culture & values

      3.3

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Senior management

      UNHCR has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 841 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UNHCR 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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      841 reviews
      3.0
      May 8, 2017

      UNHCR

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Meaningfull work, field-based agency, leaders in global displacement affairs (although this is slipping a bit), depending on position chance to make direct large-scale impact.

      Cons

      Stuck in the 1980s with the way of work although the current High Commissioner is trying to change things up. An agency based on connections and taunting the party line, little reward for working hard and coming up with creative ideas that can benefit thousands of life. Not enough reflection on how to tackle corruption in humanitarian operations. Lack of training, particularly for managers, which reflects way of working. Re-invents the wheel every time, not enough usage of lessons learnt in operations. Budgets are divided unequally over humanitarian operations.

      5.0
      Mar 16, 2017

      Great Organization and Very Rewarding Work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I work in a very team oriented environment in Cairo with extremely professional people that work together to get a very difficult job done with a very high volume of refugees per month. The supervisors are great and care about your success and the success of the mission. They will give you great feedback and help you as much as possible.

      Cons

      Coming from the U.S. and having to take a severe cut in salary as a local Egyptian employee rather than an international employee is very difficult. Hard to support a family in the U.S. on an Egyptian salary.

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