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A great entrance into a career in international affairs (but unpaid) - Intern The Carter Center Employee Review

5.0
Sep 16, 2015
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Pros

- Amazing experience for those interested in international affairs, politics, democracy, conflict, and security - Substance heavy work environment with an opportunity for recent grads or current students to offer foreign analysis and research - Meeting Jimmy Carter! - Very organized, structured program with full events, seminars, team building retreats, and even a trip to Plains, GA (Jimmy's hometown) - Prestigious internship--recruiters often ask me immediately about the Carter Center rather than my other experiences

Cons

- Unpaid, could only do it because my parents live in Atlanta - Management can be tangled - Downtime between projects, felt like interns were sometimes under-used and forgotten about (typical, really)

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5.0
Jul 9, 2026
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Pros

absolutely loved the workplace environment. Had lots of young post-grads like myself. hybrid work environment. Campus is beautiful

Cons

temp status meant no benefits and there is unfortunately a culture that you have to temp before getting a full-time benefits offer. doing an internship also helps chances

1.0
Jun 30, 2026
Anonymous contractor
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Pros

Wonderful people, nice building, always a lot going on

Cons

- Employee morale is abysmal. There's a lot of people and all they talk about is how much The Carter Center sucks. Constant venting is the only way to get through it, but that's a terrible mental health environment to be in. - Temp program is not temporary. People will "temp" in a full time capacity for up to 3 years without receiving PTO, healthcare, or basic job security, all to save a few bucks so management can fly first class to Europe. Shocking that this is legal (?) - Public job descriptions are lies. They'll make you do whatever they want whenever they want. - Junior staff (even those receiving benefits) are underpaid $10 to 20k - The work is mostly for show. Hardly anyone actually helps the world. It's just a vanity project to get on panels and make speeches in flashy places. - Zero professional boundaries. Zero job training. Zero employee support. Everyone is set up for failure. - Toxic HR that will bully you into accepting your lot, (rumored to) ignore sexual harassment claims, refuse to put anything in writing, and gas light away your complaints, all with a big smile. - Employees are talked down to and ignored to the point of ruining their self confidence, trapping them in a horrible situation that they think they can't ever get out of. Many don't. It's really sad. Just quit - there's millions of other jobs and I promise you're worth more than how they make you feel.

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