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      4.0

      87% would recommend to a friend

      (1,348 total reviews)
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      Achim Steiner

      86% approve of CEO

      66% positive business outlook

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      UNDP has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,348 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The UNDP employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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      1K reviews
      2.0
      Sep 20, 2016

      Dream place to work is a nightmare

      Anonymous employee
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      Business Outlook

      Pros

      International staff, highly skilled; Global network and outreach; Brand name; Lovely mission;

      Cons

      Creme de la creme of international bureaucracy; Slow decision making; Very slow hiring process; Good salary for staff, bad for contracts, volunteers; Unpaid internships; Staff forget the mission of the organization; Myriad of contracts with different benefits and rights under the same roof; Non professional managers; Corporatism oozes; One year contracts renewed at the last minute.

      5.0
      Apr 14, 2016

      Chief Technical Advisor

      Chief technical advisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Humanitarian and development oriented, could influence government policies and programmes for pro-poor and good governance. Flat management structure with transparent decision making

      Cons

      Limited impact assessment for humanitarian programmes and weak learning curve; huge administrative costs to run the programmed, at times unavoidable under conflict situations

      3.0
      Nov 9, 2015

      Doing your job doesnt cut it any more

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      International working environment Excellent people to work together with Amazing capacity building Very helpful mid-level managements

      Cons

      senior level managers are usuallly the ones who make the most mistakes a shocking amount of non-english speakers Work Life Balance no longer exists after you have a project You dont get payed or receive any compensation as a consultant

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