UNHCR reviews

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

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
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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.

4.0
Apr 26, 2017

Straight from the Heart

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The best mission and value driven people

Cons

The hectic process and bureaucracy of the organization

4.0
Apr 5, 2017

Good experience

Anonymous employee
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CEO approval
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Pros

It is a well paid job

Cons

You spend lots of hours looking for someone who pays you attention

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