World Bank Group reviews

4.1

84% would recommend to a friend

(2,931 total reviews)

Ajay Banga

83% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

World Bank Group has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,931 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The World Bank Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzas industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Jun 15, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Global experience, nice people for the most part, interesting work, good benefits if not on local package

Cons

Highly political institution which does not care about its employees or clients, all what management cares about is the Board and their own job security. Mediocre managers who are terrible at managing people, a lot of junior people who do heavy lifting leave because there is no upward mobility. If you want a promotion you are forced to apply for open positions in other teams and less desirable locations, there is no incentive for AIO/IOs to put in extra effort in their current teams as rewards are absent. Junior staff are treated like commodities, expected to move around every 3 yrs if they want career progression, all this comes at cost of divorced families, abandoned children and destroyed health.

1.0
Sep 1, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary, looks good on resume, diversity of staff, interesting projects. Fantastic pay and benefits, great cafeteria. It was a great experience but beware that permanent staff will take advantage of you and your willingness to help.

Cons

Work is not delegated fairly, many staff at all levels abuse their power and there are a surprisingly large number of unprofessional and arrogant staff that work there. Many things are ignored here that wouldn't be in the US Federal Govt or American private company.

3.0
Nov 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Opportunity to work on interesting transactions in emerging markets around the globe. Deep institutional knowledge of macro and micro climate in these markets. You get to travel to interesting countries. Decent pay compared to other DFIs.

Cons

The company is incredibly bureaucratic and intensely political. The consensus culture slows decision-making and accountability to a crawl. There’s a strong resistance to change; “this is how we’ve always done it” is the law of the land.

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