Chemonics International reviews

Pay is low compared to corporate sector

The gap in salary between local and expatriate employees is insanely high, which creates an unbalanced relationship with colleagues and how the company values their employees, and impacts how employees perceive themselves within the team. This is also due to local labour law. Nonetheless, salaries for locals should be revised to match their expertise and match the expatriates' salaries. This gap should be reduced to ensure everyone feels valued. The company is international and local projects collaborate with international donors and international colleagues, but the company do not provide any opportunity for staff to learn, grow, network and meet. No opportunity for international travel. These types of privileges are only for the high-level managers, like COPs and DCOPs. So when you leave the company, even though you've worked in an "international" organisation, you end up having almost zero international connections besides the colleagues you've worked closely with.