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World Health Organization reviews

3.8

81% would recommend to a friend

(606 total reviews)

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

80% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

World Health Organization has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 606 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The World Health Organization employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Salud industry (3.4 stars).

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606 reviews
2.0
Nov 18, 2015

EMRO Review

Recommend
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Pros

This is a comfortable office with a high salary and good benefits, if that is what you are looking for.

Cons

This is a large and slow moving organization. It is overly formal and hierarchical, which can be frustrating for staff who do not feel they receive enough mentoring or guidance, or who feel silenced when trying to make a meaningful contribution. Staff have built-in disincentives to improve accountability and efficiency in the organization. This has negative repercussions not just for team morale, but also for global health.

3.0
Feb 18, 2015

Merit has no place

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

International exposure to health issues and possible solutions Multi-cultural staff Countries look forward to WHO for neutral advice

Cons

While countries look for advice, the staff members are not able to provide it due to the bureaucratic advice against it. The staff members present the same thing every where irrespective of whether countries need them and they are appropriate. This is what they call it 'standard'.

1.0
Mar 2, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

One can learn a lot with sealed lips

Cons

In an organization and particularly in the emergency programme like Polio ,it’s the manager who can get a below average worker deliver outstanding and it’s a manager who can make an outstanding worker below average. Outstanding organizations provide conducive and professional environment to their employees, and with grief and sorrow I wish to inform you that the same is getting worst in this organization. Favoritism, autocratic culture and job insecurity is actively prevailing which is resulting in demotivating the employees. Dirty politics is going on. low competency females have given an un due edge because of their closeness to the programme manager. Managers think that they have hired the staff as their personal servants. Admin head leading the technical staff.

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