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Project Management Institute

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Project Management Institute reviews

2.5

26% would recommend to a friend

(300 total reviews)
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Pierre Le Manh

30% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Project Management Institute has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 300 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Project Management Institute employee rating is 33% below average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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300 reviews
4.0
Aug 20, 2023

Great organisation with remote work arrangement

Anonymous employee
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Pros

An organisation with excellent teamwork. The team culture is superb.

Cons

It was a non-profit organisation but it operates as profit-makingenterprise

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Project Management Institute Response
2y
We appreciate your sharing that you find our team culture to be superb – we agree! Thank you for also sharing your thoughts on the excellent teamwork across our organization. One of our culture values, Together We Can, outlines how we build deep, trusting relationships that help us work towards our mission together. PMI remains a not-for-profit, for-purpose organization dedicated to advancing careers, helping organizations, and enabling project professionals to maximize their impact. Our community is PMI’s one most important point of difference and our best way to create impact. Under new leadership, we’ve put the community we serve at the center of PMI.
1.0
Nov 8, 2022

Watch What Happens Behind Closed Doors

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Pros

some people are highly overpaid

Cons

- Pay inequality is visibly apparent and the differences between levels are the most bias and subjective metrics ever witnessed in any other company. This keeps skilled employees from being recognized, especially if you know more than those above you, - Managers mine talent from their under staff members and put their name on other peoples work to make themselves look more valued. - High employee turnover in departments where managers show little respect for those that do the work. - Lack of diversity shows by who is promoted and who is not. Only certain popular people get to move up. - Lack of accountability for favored managers. - Upper management doesn’t care about who they step on to get to the top. They show a negative and threatening side to their staff they don't favor and a glowing side to those they need to impress. - Project management certificates is what they sell, not what they practice. Ironically, very few project managers at PMI are certified. Think about that. -This is not a non-profit organization. It is worse than any for-profit company, constantly scrambling to meet their quarterly quotas and having the “little workers” work overtime to make the managers look good. - Managers love to spend their yearly budgets on parties where they fly in everyone across the world for a week of parties and endless spending. “Remember we are a non-profit, so we have so spend everything we make….on us!” - Upper management is missing the boat when it comes to “Company Cultural” issues. They say they want open and honest conversations but require that your manager be in the same “room” to listen to your grievances. It’s all about being told what to say on the cultural surveys. Very few authentic people participate in the cultural surveys. - Women managers don’t hide that they are bias towards men. In a company wide “culture and values” meeting a prominent woman manger said "I am so glad the men in the company decided not to join this meeting because we don’t need them anyway". - There are two distinctive and separate groups of employees. Those that are protected and those that are blamed. If you are in the protected group, the sky is the limit, you get whatever ever job you want and you will be fast tracked for manager level promotions. If you are the group that is not protected, no amount of skill, integrity or years of experience will help you get promoted. This place defines a toxic work environment. - Don't sell your soul to this non-profit

5.0
Mar 25, 2024

PMI is a great company

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Pros

I like the culture, the executive team - they work on the transformation and finally moving PMI the right direction.

Cons

No cons that I would experience

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Project Management Institute Response
2y
Thanks for your review! We agree – with the guidance of our current Executive Team, PMI is making great progress and transforming for the better.
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