Does Project Management Institute pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Project Management Institute employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Project Management Institute. This rating has decreased by 17% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Project Management Institute?

27% of Project Management Institute employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Project Management Institute 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.3 for culture and values and 2.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Project Management Institute?

Project Manager (20) , Manager (14) , Marketing (9) , Product Manager (9) , Business Analyst (6) , Marketing Specialist (6) , Analyst (5) , Volunteer (5) , Director (4) , Administrative Assistant (3) , Consultant (3) , Customer Service Representative (3) , Intern (3) , Marketing Manager (3) , Product Specialist (3)

What are the pros of working at Project Management Institute according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits; work" ((in 34 reviews)); "Some great people." ((in 30 reviews)); "pay was good but not great" ((in 20 reviews)); "The pros and benefits are that project management skill set is in demand and you can learn a great deal from the project management Institute" ((in 15 reviews)); "Work from home is great" ((in 10 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Project Management Institute according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor." ((in 18 reviews)); "Staff concerns are dismissed in favor of protecting the beliefs and perceptions that senior leadership wants to promulgate." ((in 17 reviews)); "Corporate culture is toxic and wears on many employees will to move ahead positively without worrying about our future." ((in 15 reviews)); ""manager is always right",employee always in the wrong." ((in 14 reviews)); "Could have better communication between teams and associates." ((in 7 reviews))

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2.6

27% would recommend to a friend

(62 total reviews)

Pierre Le Manh

31% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

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3.4

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Diversity & inclusion

2.7

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2.4

Career opportunities

2.3

Culture & values

2.1

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2.0

May 30, 2019

Transformation, exhaustion, and burn out

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Pros

Talented hard working people. Fairly decent pay. Travel perks. Good benefits. New CEO seems promising but time will reveal.

Cons

Technology out dated. Poor execution of strategy. Building old and out dated with insufficient space for current staff and visiting consultants, too many consultants. Executive team has no confidence in staff ability and seems to believe that things didn’t get done due to staff incompetence and not because of the cultural burdens of the past which hampered innovation and resisted change. Moreover organization seems ill fitted for goals. There is no opportunity for advancement due to small size and tendency of tenured staff to stay FOREVER. Unfortunately technology is very outdated which makes updates and integrations slow or impossible. Take a job here and be prepared to work long hours and wear multiple hats....burn out is real.

3.0

Feb 6, 2018

I Had a Neutral Experience

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Pros

Free insurance Generous amount of PTO (new hires start with 20 or so days) and paid holidays Decent pay Consistent feedback on performance with advice on how to improve Free lunch many days (Customer Care was always permitted to get lunch from other departments's parties, meetings, ect.) Agreeable coworkers Independent work (you never were blamed by management for something that wasn't your fault, nor did you have to depend on someone else to do your job) Everyone who had the same job title was equal (there was no way to give the "good calls" to individuals who have been there the longest amount of time. No one could pick and choose which interactions to take.) Although I never experienced this or watched any coworkers experience this, we were consistently told changing departments was possible if we were unhappy. I am not sure how easy this was to do or if it was even possible.

Cons

Some of the policies were difficult to explain to customers or did not have the best interest of the customer in mind. You need to explain in detail decisions made by other departments and rarely can you transfer the call to the specific department. Certain team leads were unpleasant to work with and seemed annoyed by questions. Many company decisions were made by people who do not have to deal with the black-lash from customers. Every single live online webinar event that was advertised crashed at at least one point during the event, which caused a wave of complaints, to which we had no response.

2.0

Jan 22, 2018

Good place for a job, but not for a career

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Pros

Great benefits, decent salary, good work environment, easy hours. Most everyone in the office is good to work with.

Cons

Little or no opportunity for advancement; most promotional opportunities are filled from outside (many are not even advertised internally). No reward for individual performance; annual bonuses are company-wide based on organizational results. HR gives lips service to employee development and advancement. This is a professional membership organization, and while members are treated extremely well (as should be the case), employees are second class citizen. The objective of PMI is to promote the project management profession and its members' careers (which, again, it does well), but does not advance the careers of its employees.

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